Richard M. Bissell Jr.

Richard M. Bissell Jr.

Born: September 18, 1909
Died: February 7, 1994
in Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Richard Mervin Bissell Jr. was an American Central Intelligence Agency officer responsible for major projects such as the U-2 spy plane and the Bay of Pigs Invasion. He is seen as one of the most important spymasters in CIA history.

Movies for Richard M. Bissell Jr....

JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Title: JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Character: Self - CIA Officer (archive footage)
Released: November 12, 2021
Type: Movie
Thirty years after his film JFK, filmmaker Oliver Stone takes viewers on a journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President Kennedy - the most consequential American murder mystery of the twentieth century. Joined by Oscar-winning narrators Whoopi Goldberg and Donald Sutherland, as well as a distinguished team of forensics, medical and ballistics experts, historians, and witnesses, Stone presents compelling evidence that in the Kennedy case “conspiracy theory” is now “conspiracy fact.”
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JFK II: The Bush Connection
Title: JFK II: The Bush Connection
Character: Self - CIA Deputy Director for Plans (archive footage)
Released: September 9, 2003
Type: Movie
Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape. - Part 1: History is written by the winners. Part 2: Through the Looking Glass. Part 3: Who killed JFK?. Part 4: Deep History.
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CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
Title: CBS Reports: The CIA's Secret Army
Character: Self
Released: June 10, 1977
Type: Movie
This program examines Cuban exile terrorists living in Miami. These terrorists were secretly trained and employed by the U.S. government in the early 1960s to fight Fidel Castro. Now, without U.S. support, terrorist activities continue in Miami and Latin America. The program reviews secret U.S. policies toward Cuba in the 1960s and includes interviews with Castro and former top CIA officials. Members of this group, formerly secretly trained and employed by U.S. Government until 1967, have been active in Watergate crimes and anti-Castro terrorism including bomb explosion on Cuban Airline killing seventy-three. Includes interviews with Castro, E. Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Rolando Martinez.' - The Paley Center For Media