Donald Bisset

Donald Bisset (30 August 1910 – 10 August 1995), was an English actor.

He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and made his first London appearance, in A Bride for the Unicorn, at the Westminster Theatre in July 1936.

He also wrote numerous stories for children, which he mostly illustrated himself. They have been translated into 16 languages.

Selected filmography Murder in the Cathedral (1951) – First Priest Noose for a Lady (1953) – Superintendent Shelford The Brain Machine (1955) – Major Gifford, hospital superintendent Little Red Monkey (1955) – Editor Harris Up the Creek (1958) – Farm Labourer Broth of a Boy (1959) – Newcome The Headless Ghost (1959) – Guide Friends and Neighbours (1959) – Porter A Touch of Larceny (1959) – Club Member The Battle of the Sexes (1960) – Tobacconist Hide and Seek (1964) – Stranger on Platform Eye of the Devil (1966) – Rennard Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) – Flood Two a Penny (1967) – Dr Berman Carry On Again Doctor (1969) – Patient (uncredited) See No Evil (1971) – Doctor For the Love of Ada (1972) – Mr Chapman Clinic Exclusive (1972) – Chauffeur Nearest and Dearest (1972) – Vicar The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) – Gentleman of the Hunt (uncredited) Escape from the Dark (1976) Warlords of Atlantis (1978) – Professor Aitken The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) – Renfrew Ragtime (1981) – J P Morgan Little Dorrit (1987) – Enthusiastic Weighty Gentleman

Books

Anytime Stories, illus. by the author. London, Faber & Faber, 1954 Some Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen & Co., 1957 Next Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen & Co., 1959 This Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1961 Another Time Stories, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1963 Little Bear's Pony, illus. Shirley Hughes. London, Benn, 1966 Hullo Lucy, illus. Gillian Kenny. London, Benn, 1967; as Hello Lucy!, Ernest Benn, 1969 Talks With a Tiger, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1967 Kangaroo Tennis, illus. B. S. Biro. London, Benn, 1968 Benjie the Circus Dog, illus. Val Biro. London, Benn, 1969 Nothing, illus. by the author. London, Benn, 1969 Upside Down Land. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1969 Time and Again Stories (selection of stories from Some Time Stories and This Time Stories), illus. by the author. London, London, Methuen, 1970 Barcha the Tiger, illus. Derek Collard. London, Benn, 1971 Tiger Wants More, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1971; as Ogg, illus. Amelia Rosato. Oxford University Press, 1987 Yak and the Painted Cave, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1971 Yak and the Sea Shell, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1971 Yak and the Buried Treasure (from an idea by Susan Rutherford), illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1972 Yak and the Ice Cream, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1972 Father Tingtang's Journey, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1973 Jenny Hopalong, illus. Derek Collard. Tonbridge & London, Benn, 1973 Yak Goes Home, illus. Lorraine Calaora. London, Methuen, 1973 The Adventures of Mandy Duck, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1974 The Happy Horse, illus. David Sharpe. London, Benn, 1974 Hazy Mountain, illus. Shirley Hughes. Harmondsworth, Kestrel Books, 1975 'Oh Dear', said Tiger, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1975 Paws with Numbers, with Michael Morris, illus. Tony Hutchings. Maidenhead, Berks., Intercontinental Books, 1976 Paws with Shapes, illus. Tony Hutchings. Maidenhead, Berks., Intercontinental Books, 1976 The Lost Birthday, illus. by the author. Moscow, Progress Publishers, 1976 Journey to the Jungle, illus. by the author. London, Beaver Books, 1977 The Story of Smokey Horse, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1977 This is Ridiculous, illus. by the author. London, Beaver Books, 1977 The Adventures of Yak, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1978 What Time Is It, When it Isn't?, illus. by the author. London, Methuen, 1980 Johnny Here and There, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1981 The Hedgehog Who Rolled Uphill, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1982 The Joyous Adventures of Snakey Boo, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1982 Sleep Tight, Snakey Boo, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1985 Upside Down Stories, with Alison Claire Darke. London, Puffin, 1987 Just a Moment!, illus. by the author. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1988 Please Yourself. London, Methuen Children's Books, 1991