Walter Abel
Acting • Born 1898-06-05 – Died 1987-03-26
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.
Filmography
83 credits
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Movie • 1976
Judge
Holiday Inn
Movie • 1942
Danny Reed
Island in the Sky
Movie • 1953
Col. Fuller
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Movie • 1972
Mayor Adams
Fury
Movie • 1936
District Attorney
Second Wife
Movie • 1936
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
Mr. Skeffington
Movie • 1944
George Trellis
Wake Island
Movie • 1942
Cmdr. Roberts
Raintree County
Movie • 1957
T.D. Shawnessy
13 Rue Madeleine
Movie • 1947
Charles Gibson
Mirage
Movie • 1965
Charles Stewart Calvin
Hold Back the Dawn
Movie • 1941
Inspector Hammock
That Lady in Ermine
Movie • 1948
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
The Steel Jungle
Movie • 1956
Warden Bill Keller
The Indian Fighter
Movie • 1955
Captain Trask
Night People
Movie • 1954
Maj. R.A. Foster
Racket Busters
Movie • 1938
Hugh Allison
Skylark
Movie • 1941
George Gore
Glamour Boy
Movie • 1941
Anthony J. Colder
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Movie • 1942
Prof. Thornton
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Movie • 1940
Elliott Thomas
Star Spangled Rhythm
Movie • 1942
B.G. DeSoto
The Kid from Brooklyn
Movie • 1946
Gabby Sloan
So Proudly We Hail
Movie • 1943
Chaplain
Liliom
Movie • 1930
Carpenter
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1935
D'Artagnan
Variety Girl
Movie • 1947
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Arise, My Love
Movie • 1940
Phillips
An American Romance
Movie • 1944
Howard Clinton
Wise Girl
Movie • 1937
Karl
The Affairs of Susan
Movie • 1945
Richard Aiken
Two in the Dark
Movie • 1936
Ford Adams
Law of the Underworld
Movie • 1938
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Movie • 1983
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Movie • 1940
Dr. George Benedict
Dream Girl
Movie • 1948
George Allerton
Fired Wife
Movie • 1943
Chris McClelland
So This Is Love
Movie • 1953
Col. James Moore
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Nick Ranson
Handle with Care
Movie • 1958
Prof. Roger Bowden
Kiss and Tell
Movie • 1945
Harry Archer
The Lady Consents
Movie • 1936
Stanley Ashton
We Went to College
Movie • 1936
Phil Talbot
Miracle on Main Street
Movie • 1939
Jim Foreman
Quick, Let's Get Married
Movie • 1964
Thief
First Offenders
Movie • 1939
Gregory Stone
The Witness Chair
Movie • 1936
James Trent
Portia on Trial
Movie • 1937
Dan Foster
Twelve Angry Men
Movie • 1954
Juror #4
Dance, Girl, Dance
Movie • 1940
Judge
Green Light
Movie • 1937
John Stafford
Follow the Boys
Movie • 1944
Walter Abel (uncredited)
The Hitler Gang
Movie • 1944
Narrator (voice)
Duffy's Tavern
Movie • 1945
Director
The Human Duplicators
Movie • 1965
Dr. Munson
Grace Quigley
Movie • 1985
Homer Morrison
The Fabulous Joe
Movie • 1947
Milo Terkel
The Man Without a Country
Movie • 1973
Col. A.B. Morgan
Picture in Your Mind
Movie • 1948
Narrator
King of the Turf
Movie • 1939
Robert Barnes
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Movie • 1943
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
Bernardine
Movie • 1957
Mr. Beaumont
The North Wind's Malice
Movie • 1920
Tom
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Movie • 1965
Narrator
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
Movie • 1956
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Movie • 1956
Mr. Wayde
Out of a Clear Sky
Movie • 1918
The Colgate Comedy Hour
TV • 1950
Self
Studio One
TV • 1948
Juror #4
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
Hollywood Preview
TV • 1955
Self
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Joe Holmby
Climax!
TV • 1954
Stewart
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
TV • 1963
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Harry Archer
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Tales of Tomorrow
TV • 1951
The Defenders
TV • 1961
Ben Burke
Lux Video Theatre
TV • 1950
Father
Robert Montgomery Presents
TV • 1950
Father
The Philco Television Playhouse
TV • 1948
Macduff
The 20th Century Fox Hour
TV • 1955
McKinley