found: Saratoga trunk, 1945:credits (John Abbott)
found: Halliwell's filmgoer's comp., 1988(Abbott, John; b. 1905; British-born character actor)
found: Internet Movie Database, viewed Oct. 8 2004(John Abbott, b. 5 June 1905 in London; d. 24 May 1996 in Los Angeles; birth name: John Kefford; prolific film and TV actor of the 1930s-1980s)
found: IMDb, December 17, 2018:(John Abbott, actor ; b. June 5, 1905 in London, England as John Albert Chamberlain Kefford ; d. May 24, 1996 (age 90) in Los Angeles, California, USA ; alternate name: John Lloyd Abbott)