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Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Born: 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.

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Filmography
Grace Quigley poster
Grace Quigley
1985 • Homer Morrison
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage poster
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983 • Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage poster
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976 • Judge
The Man Without a Country poster
The Man Without a Country
1973 • Col. A.B. Morgan
Night of the Dark Full Moon poster
Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972 • Mayor Adams
Mirage poster
Mirage
1965 • Charles Stewart Calvin
The Human Duplicators poster
The Human Duplicators
1965 • Dr. Munson
No Image
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
1965 • Narrator
Quick, Let's Get Married poster
Quick, Let's Get Married
1964 • Thief
Handle with Care poster
Handle with Care
1958 • Prof. Roger Bowden
Raintree County poster
Raintree County
1957 • T.D. Shawnessy
Bernardine poster
Bernardine
1957 • Mr. Beaumont
Sincerely, Willis Wade poster
Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956 • Mr. Wayde
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes poster
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
1956
The Steel Jungle poster
The Steel Jungle
1956 • Warden Bill Keller
The Indian Fighter poster
The Indian Fighter
1955 • Captain Trask
Twelve Angry Men poster
Twelve Angry Men
1954 • Juror #4
Night People poster
Night People
1954 • Maj. R.A. Foster
Island in the Sky poster
Island in the Sky
1953 • Col. Fuller
So This Is Love poster
So This Is Love
1953 • Col. James Moore
That Lady in Ermine poster
That Lady in Ermine
1948 • Major Horvath / Benvenuto
Dream Girl poster
Dream Girl
1948 • George Allerton
Picture in Your Mind poster
Picture in Your Mind
1948 • Narrator
Variety Girl poster
Variety Girl
1947 • Walter Abel (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe poster
The Fabulous Joe
1947 • Milo Terkel
13 Rue Madeleine poster
13 Rue Madeleine
1947 • Charles Gibson
The Kid from Brooklyn poster
The Kid from Brooklyn
1946 • Gabby Sloan
Kiss and Tell poster
Kiss and Tell
1945 • Harry Archer
Duffy's Tavern poster
Duffy's Tavern
1945 • Director
The Affairs of Susan poster
The Affairs of Susan
1945 • Richard Aiken
Mr. Skeffington poster
Mr. Skeffington
1944 • George Trellis
Follow the Boys poster
Follow the Boys
1944 • Walter Abel (uncredited)
The Hitler Gang poster
The Hitler Gang
1944 • Narrator (voice)
An American Romance poster
An American Romance
1944 • Howard Clinton
So Proudly We Hail poster
So Proudly We Hail
1943 • Chaplain
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith poster
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943 • Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
Fired Wife poster
Fired Wife
1943 • Chris McClelland
Wake Island poster
Wake Island
1942 • Cmdr. Roberts
Holiday Inn poster
Holiday Inn
1942 • Danny Reed
Beyond the Blue Horizon poster
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942 • Prof. Thornton
Star Spangled Rhythm poster
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942 • B.G. DeSoto
Glamour Boy poster
Glamour Boy
1941 • Anthony J. Colder
Skylark poster
Skylark
1941 • George Gore
Hold Back the Dawn poster
Hold Back the Dawn
1941 • Inspector Hammock
Michael Shayne: Private Detective poster
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940 • Elliott Thomas
Arise, My Love poster
Arise, My Love
1940 • Phillips
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? poster
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940 • Dr. George Benedict
Dance, Girl, Dance poster
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940 • Judge
Miracle on Main Street poster
Miracle on Main Street
1939 • Jim Foreman
No Image
First Offenders
1939 • Gregory Stone
King of the Turf poster
King of the Turf
1939 • Robert Barnes
Racket Busters poster
Racket Busters
1938 • Hugh Allison
Men with Wings poster
Men with Wings
1938 • Nick Ranson
Law of the Underworld poster
Law of the Underworld
1938 • Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Wise Girl poster
Wise Girl
1937 • Karl
Portia on Trial poster
Portia on Trial
1937 • Dan Foster
Green Light poster
Green Light
1937 • John Stafford
Second Wife poster
Second Wife
1936 • Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
No Image
We Went to College
1936 • Phil Talbot
Fury poster
Fury
1936 • District Attorney
The Witness Chair poster
The Witness Chair
1936 • James Trent
The Lady Consents poster
The Lady Consents
1936 • Stanley Ashton
Two in the Dark poster
Two in the Dark
1936 • Ford Adams
The Three Musketeers poster
The Three Musketeers
1935 • D'Artagnan
Liliom poster
Liliom
1930 • Carpenter
The North Wind's Malice poster
The North Wind's Malice
1920 • Tom
Out of a Clear Sky poster
Out of a Clear Sky
1918