Walter Abel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 5 June 1898 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- 26 March 1987
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
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- 1985Grace Quigley as Homer Morrison
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Judge
- 1973The Man Without a Country as Col. A.B. Morgan
- 1972Night of the Dark Full Moon as Mayor Adams
- 1965Mirage as Charles Stewart Calvin
- 1965The Human Duplicators as Dr. Munson
- 1965Israel: The Story of the Jewish People as Narrator
- 1964Quick, Let's Get Married as Thief
- 1958Handle with Care as Prof. Roger Bowden
- 1957Raintree County as T.D. Shawnessy
- 1957Bernardine as Mr. Beaumont
- 1956Sincerely, Willis Wade as Mr. Wayde
- 1956Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
- 1956The Steel Jungle as Warden Bill Keller
- 1955The Indian Fighter as Captain Trask
- 1954Twelve Angry Men as Juror #4
- 1954Night People as Maj. R.A. Foster
- 1953Island in the Sky as Col. Fuller
- 1953So This Is Love as Col. James Moore
- 1948That Lady in Ermine as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
- 1948Dream Girl as George Allerton
- 1948Picture in Your Mind as Narrator
- 1947Variety Girl as Walter Abel (uncredited)
- 1947The Fabulous Joe as Milo Terkel
- 194713 Rue Madeleine as Charles Gibson
- 1946The Kid from Brooklyn as Gabby Sloan
- 1945Kiss and Tell as Harry Archer
- 1945Duffy's Tavern as Director
- 1945The Affairs of Susan as Richard Aiken
- 1944Mr. Skeffington as George Trellis
- 1944Follow the Boys as Walter Abel (uncredited)
- 1944The Hitler Gang as Narrator (voice)
- 1944An American Romance as Howard Clinton
- 1943So Proudly We Hail as Chaplain
- 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
- 1943Fired Wife as Chris McClelland
- 1942Wake Island as Cmdr. Roberts
- 1942Holiday Inn as Danny Reed
- 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon as Prof. Thornton
- 1942Star Spangled Rhythm as B.G. DeSoto
- 1941Glamour Boy as Anthony J. Colder
- 1941Skylark as George Gore
- 1941Hold Back the Dawn as Inspector Hammock
- 1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Elliott Thomas
- 1940Arise, My Love as Phillips
- 1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Dr. George Benedict
- 1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Judge
- 1939Miracle on Main Street as Jim Foreman
- 1939First Offenders as Gregory Stone
- 1939King of the Turf as Robert Barnes
- 1938Men with Wings as Nick Ranson
- 1938Racket Busters as Hugh Allison
- 1938Law of the Underworld as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
- 1937Wise Girl as Karl
- 1937Portia on Trial as Dan Foster
- 1937Green Light as John Stafford
- 1936Second Wife as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
- 1936We Went to College as Phil Talbot
- 1936Fury as District Attorney
- 1936The Witness Chair as James Trent
- 1936The Lady Consents as Stanley Ashton
- 1936Two in the Dark as Ford Adams
- 1935The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- 1930Liliom as Carpenter
- 1920The North Wind's Malice as Tom
- 1918Out of a Clear Sky