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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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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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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Island in the Sky | Col. Fuller | 1953-09-05 |
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So This Is Love | Col. James Moore | 1953-07-15 |
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That Lady in Ermine | Major Horvath / Benvenuto | 1948-08-24 |
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Dream Girl | George Allerton | 1948-07-27 |
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Picture in Your Mind | Narrator | 1948-04-04 |
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The Fabulous Joe | Milo Terkel | 1947-08-28 |
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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 Kid from Brooklyn | Gabby Sloan | 1946-03-21 |
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The Affairs of Susan | Richard Aiken | 1945-07-08 |
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Kiss and Tell | Harry Archer | 1945-10-04 |
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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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Mr. Skeffington | George Trellis | 1944-05-25 |
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The Hitler Gang | Narrator | 1944-04-26 |
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An American Romance | Howard Clinton | 1944-04-16 |
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So Proudly We Hail | Chaplain | 1943-09-09 |
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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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Holiday Inn | Danny Reed | 1942-07-10 |
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Star Spangled Rhythm | B.G. DeSoto | 1942-03-05 |
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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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Glamour Boy | Anthony J. Colder | 1941-12-05 |
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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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Dance, Girl, Dance | Judge | 1940-08-30 |
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Dr. George Benedict | 1940-11-01 |
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Arise, My Love | M. Phillips | 1940-11-08 |
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Elliott Thomas | 1940-12-19 |
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First Offenders | Gregory Stone | 1939-04-12 |
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Miracle on Main Street | Jim Foreman | 1939-12-19 |
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King of the Turf | Robert Barnes | 1939-02-17 |
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Racket Busters | Hugh Allison | 1938-07-16 |
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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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Portia on Trial | Dan Foster | 1937-11-08 |
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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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Second Wife | Kenneth Carpenter Sr. | 1936-08-21 |
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The Witness Chair | James Trent | 1936-04-23 |
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Fury | District Attorney | 1936-06-05 |
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We Went to College | Phil Talbot | 1936-06-19 |
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Two in the Dark | Ford Adams | 1936-01-10 |
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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 |
