Walter Abel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-06-05
Day of Death
1987-03-26 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Walter Abel
Biography
Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American stage and film character actor. His eyes were brown and his (adult) height was five foot ten inches.
Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine (née Becker) and Richard Michael Abel. Abel graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts where he had studied in 1917 and joined a touring company. He made his Broadway debut in Forbidden in 1919. His many theatre credits include As You Like It, Desire Under the Elms, Mourning Becomes Electra, Merrily We Roll Along, and Trelawny of the 'Wells'. On the stage, he appeared in Channing Pollock's 1926 production of The Enemy together with Fay Bainter.
Abel was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter. He died of a myocardial infarction in Essex, Connecticut.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
(1985)
Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1976)
(1973)
The Man Without a Country
as Col. A.B. Morgan
(1972)
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams
(1965)
Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin
(1965)
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson
(1965)
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
as Narrator
(1964)
The Confession
as The Thief
(1958)
Handle with Care
as Prof. Roger Bowden
(1957)
Bernardine
as Mr. Beaumont
(1957)
Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy
(1956)
The Steel Jungle
as Warden Bill Keller
(1956)
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mr. Wayde
(1956)
(1955)
The Indian Fighter
as Captain Trask
(1954)
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #4
(1954)
Night People
as Maj. R.A. Foster
(1953)
Island in the Sky
as Col. Fuller
(1953)
So This Is Love
as Col. James Moore
(1948)
That Lady in Ermine
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
(1948)
Dream Girl
as George Allerton
(1948)
Picture in Your Mind
as Narrator
(1947)
The Fabulous Joe
as Milo Terkel
(1947)
13 Rue Madeleine
as Charles Gibson
(1947)
Variety Girl
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
(1946)
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Gabby Sloan
(1945)
Duffy's Tavern
as Director
(1945)
The Affairs of Susan
as Richard Aiken
(1945)
Kiss and Tell
as Harry Archer
(1944)
An American Romance
as Howard Clinton
(1944)
The Hitler Gang
as Narrator (voice)
(1944)
Follow the Boys
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as George Trellis
(1943)
Fired Wife
as Chris McClelland
(1943)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Chaplain
(1942)
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Prof. Thornton
(1942)
Wake Island
as Cmdr. Roberts
(1942)
Star Spangled Rhythm
as B.G. DeSoto
(1942)
Holiday Inn
as Danny Reed
(1941)
Glamour Boy
as Anthony J. Colder
(1941)
Skylark
as George Gore
(1941)
Hold Back the Dawn
as Inspector Hammock
(1940)
Arise, My Love
as Phillips
(1940)
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Elliott Thomas
(1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Dr. George Benedict
(1940)
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Judge
(1939)
King of the Turf
as Robert Barnes
(1939)
Miracle on Main Street
as Jim Foreman
(1939)
First Offenders
as Gregory Stone
(1938)
Men with Wings
as Nick Ranson
(1938)
Law of the Underworld
as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
(1938)
Racket Busters
as Hugh Allison
(1937)
Portia on Trial
as Dan Foster
(1937)
Green Light
as John Stafford
(1937)
Wise Girl
as Karl
(1936)
The Witness Chair
as James Trent
(1936)
Second Wife
as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
(1936)
Fury
as District Attorney
(1936)
We Went to College
as Phil Talbot
(1936)
The Lady Consents
as Stanley Ashton
(1936)
Two in the Dark
as Ford Adams
(1935)
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1930)
Liliom
as Carpenter
(1920)
The North Wind's Malice
as Tom