1898-06-05 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
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Grace Quigley | Homer Morrison | 1985-05-17 |
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage | Judge | 1976-05-20 |
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The Man Without a Country | Col. A.B. Morgan | 1973-04-24 |
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Night of the Dark Full Moon | Mayor Adams | 1972-11-01 |
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Israel: The Story of the Jewish People | Narrator | 1965-01-01 |
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The Human Duplicators | Dr. Munson | 1965-03-03 |
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Mirage | Charles Stewart Calvin | 1965-10-29 |
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The Confession | The Thief | 1964-05-22 |
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Handle with Care | Prof. Roger Bowden | 1958-04-18 |
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Bernardine | Mr. Beaumont | 1957-07-24 |
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Raintree County | T.D. Shawnessy | 1957-12-20 |
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Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes | 1956-07-17 | |
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The Steel Jungle | Warden Bill Keller | 1956-03-10 |
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The Indian Fighter | Captain Trask | 1955-12-21 |
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Twelve Angry Men | Juror #4 | 1954-09-20 |
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Night People | Maj. R.A. Foster | 1954-03-11 |
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So This Is Love | Col. James Moore | 1953-07-15 |
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Island in the Sky | Col. Fuller | 1953-09-05 |
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Picture in Your Mind | Narrator | 1948-04-04 |
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Dream Girl | George Allerton | 1948-07-27 |
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That Lady in Ermine | Major Horvath / Benvenuto | 1948-08-24 |
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Variety Girl | Walter Abel (uncredited) | 1947-08-29 |
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13 Rue Madeleine | Charles Gibson | 1947-01-15 |
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The Fabulous Joe | Milo Terkel | 1947-08-28 |
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The Kid from Brooklyn | Gabby Sloan | 1946-03-21 |
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Kiss and Tell | Harry Archer | 1945-10-04 |
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The Affairs of Susan | Richard Aiken | 1945-07-08 |
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Duffy's Tavern | Director | 1945-09-28 |
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Follow the Boys | Walter Abel (uncredited) | 1944-05-05 |
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The Hitler Gang | Narrator | 1944-04-26 |
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Mr. Skeffington | George Trellis | 1944-05-25 |
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An American Romance | Howard Clinton | 1944-04-16 |
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Fired Wife | Chris McClelland | 1943-09-04 |
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator | 1943-09-09 |
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So Proudly We Hail | Chaplain | 1943-09-09 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | B.G. DeSoto | 1942-03-05 |
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Holiday Inn | Danny Reed | 1942-01-01 |
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Wake Island | Cmdr. Roberts | 1942-08-11 |
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Beyond the Blue Horizon | Prof. Thornton | 1942-06-25 |
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Skylark | George Gore | 1941-11-21 |
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Hold Back the Dawn | Inspector Hammock | 1941-09-26 |
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Glamour Boy | Anthony J. Colder | 1941-12-05 |
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Dance, Girl, Dance | Judge | 1940-08-30 |
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Arise, My Love | Phillips | 1940-11-08 |
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Elliott Thomas | 1940-12-19 |
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Dr. George Benedict | 1940-11-01 |
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First Offenders | Gregory Stone | 1939-04-12 |
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King of the Turf | Robert Barnes | 1939-02-17 |
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Miracle on Main Street | Jim Foreman | 1939-12-19 |
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Law of the Underworld | Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers | 1938-05-06 |
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Men with Wings | Nick Ranson | 1938-07-16 |
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Racket Busters | Hugh Allison | 1938-07-16 |
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Wise Girl | Karl | 1937-12-31 |
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Green Light | John Stafford | 1937-02-20 |
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Portia on Trial | Dan Foster | 1937-11-08 |
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Second Wife | Kenneth Carpenter Sr. | 1936-08-21 |
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Fury | District Attorney | 1936-06-05 |
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Two in the Dark | Ford Adams | 1936-01-10 |
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The Witness Chair | James Trent | 1936-04-23 |
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We Went to College | Phil Talbot | 1936-06-19 |
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The Lady Consents | Stanley Ashton | 1936-02-07 |
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The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | 1935-11-01 |
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Liliom | Carpenter | 1930-09-27 |
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The North Wind's Malice | Tom | 1920-10-17 |
