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Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Actor · Born 1898-06-05 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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Biography

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.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Fury (1936) — District Attorney
  2. Holiday Inn (1942) — Danny Reed
  3. Mirage (1965) — Charles Stewart Calvin
  4. Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972) — Mayor Adams
  5. The Indian Fighter (1955) — Captain Trask
  6. Island in the Sky (1953) — Col. Fuller
  7. Mr. Skeffington (1944) — George Trellis
  8. Dance, Girl, Dance (1940) — Judge
  9. Raintree County (1957) — T.D. Shawnessy
  10. Hold Back the Dawn (1941) — Inspector Hammock
  11. Twelve Angry Men (1954) — Juror #4
  12. 13 Rue Madeleine (1947) — Charles Gibson
  13. Night People (1954) — Maj. R.A. Foster
  14. Wake Island (1942) — Cmdr. Roberts
  15. So Proudly We Hail (1943) — Chaplain
  16. Arise, My Love (1940) — Phillips
  17. The Human Duplicators (1965) — Dr. Munson
  18. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  19. That Lady in Ermine (1948) — Major Horvath / Benvenuto
  20. Miracle on Main Street (1939) — Jim Foreman
  21. Liliom (1930) — Carpenter
  22. Grace Quigley (1985) — Homer Morrison
  23. Racket Busters (1938) — Hugh Allison
  24. The Kid from Brooklyn (1946) — Gabby Sloan
  25. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
  26. Studio One (1948) — Juror #4
  27. Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940) — Elliott Thomas
  28. Climax! (1954) — Stewart
  29. Star Spangled Rhythm (1942) — B.G. DeSoto
  30. Variety Girl (1947) — Walter Abel (uncredited)
  31. An American Romance (1944) — Howard Clinton
  32. Follow the Boys (1944) — Walter Abel (uncredited)
  33. The Defenders (1961) — Ben Burke
  34. The Affairs of Susan (1945) — Richard Aiken
  35. Two in the Dark (1936) — Ford Adams
  36. The Hitler Gang (1944) — Narrator (voice)
  37. The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955) — McKinley
  38. Portia on Trial (1937) — Dan Foster
  39. Green Light (1937) — John Stafford
  40. The Steel Jungle (1956) — Warden Bill Keller