Whit Bissell

Whit Bissell, American actor (died 1996)

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Born: October 25, 1909
Died: March 5, 1996
Zodiac sign: Scorpio
Birth year: 1909

About Whit Bissell

Whitner Nutting Bissell was an American character actor. He was related to Daniel Bissell, who was awarded the Badge of Military Merit, the predecessor of the Purple Heart, by George Washington. Thirty-three years later, in 1993 the documentary film Time Machine: The Journey Back (which featured Bissell, Rod Taylor and Alan Young), Bissell recreated his 1960 role as Walter in the opening sequence.

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The world when Whit Bissell was born

Whit Bissell was born in 1909. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1909

Best-selling book"The Inner Shrine" – Basil King

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentHonus Wagner leads Pittsburgh Pirates to World Series victory
Top headlineRobert Peary claims to reach the North Pole
Technology milestoneBakelite (first fully synthetic plastic) invented
Notable inventionBakelite plastic
World population~1.69B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
U.S. population88.8M

1909 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Whit Bissell's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1909	2026
Population	88.8M	341 million

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