Walter Abel
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
Credits
- 1985 · Grace Quigley as Homer Morrison
- 1983 · Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976 · The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Judge
- 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
- 1964 · The Confession as The Thief
- 1963 · Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as
- 1961 · The Defenders as Ben Burke
- 1958 · Handle with Care as Prof. Roger Bowden
- 1957 · Raintree County as T.D. Shawnessy
- 1957 · Bernardine as Mr. Beaumont
- 1956 · The Steel Jungle as Warden Bill Keller
- 1955 · The Indian Fighter as Captain Trask
- 1955 · The 20th Century Fox Hour as
- 1955 · Playwrights '56 as
- 1955 · Hollywood Preview as Self
- 1954 · Climax! as Stewart
- 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
- 1951 · Tales of Tomorrow as
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Joe Holmby
- 1950 · Lux Video Theatre as Father
- 1950 · The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Harry Archer
- 1950 · Robert Montgomery Presents as Father
- 1948 · Studio One as Juror #4
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as
- 1948 · The Philco Television Playhouse as Macduff
- 1948 · That Lady in Ermine as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
- 1948 · Dream Girl as George Allerton
- 1948 · The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- 1948 · Picture in Your Mind as Narrator
- 1947 · Variety Girl as Walter Abel (uncredited)
- 1947 · The Fabulous Joe as Milo Terkel
- 1947 · 13 Rue Madeleine as Charles Gibson
- 1946 · The Kid from Brooklyn as Gabby Sloan
- 1945 · Kiss and Tell as Harry Archer
- 1945 · Duffy's Tavern as Director
- 1945 · The Affairs of Susan as Richard Aiken
- 1944 · Mr. Skeffington as George Trellis
- 1944 · Follow the Boys as Walter Abel (uncredited)
- 1944 · The Hitler Gang as Narrator
- 1944 · An American Romance as Howard Clinton
- 1943 · So Proudly We Hail as Chaplain
- 1943 · The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
- 1943 · Fired Wife as Chris McClelland
- 1942 · Wake Island as Cmdr. Roberts
- 1942 · Beyond the Blue Horizon as Prof. Thornton
- 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 · Michael Shayne: Private Detective as Elliott Thomas
- 1940 · Arise, My Love as M. Phillips
- 1940 · Who Killed Aunt Maggie? as Dr. George Benedict
- 1940 · Dance, Girl, Dance as Judge
- 1939 · Miracle on Main Street as Jim Foreman
- 1939 · First Offenders as Gregory Stone
- 1939 · King of the Turf as Robert Barnes
- 1938 · Men with Wings as Nick Ranson
- 1938 · Racket Busters as Hugh Allison
- 1938 · Law of the Underworld as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
- 1937 · Wise Girl as Karl
- 1937 · Portia on Trial as Dan Foster
- 1937 · Green Light as John Stafford
- 1936 · Second Wife as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
- 1936 · We Went to College as Phil Talbot
- 1936 · Fury as District Attorney
- 1936 · The Witness Chair as James Trent
- 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