Portrait of Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Acting

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.

Born: June 5, 1898

Place of Birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Filmography

1985
Grace Quigley

as Homer Morrison

1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1973
The Man Without a Country

as Col. A.B. Morgan

1972
1965
Mirage

as Charles Stewart Calvin

1965
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
1956
The Steel Jungle

as Warden Bill Keller

1955
The Indian Fighter

as Captain Trask

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

1950
1948
Studio One

as Juror #4

1948
That Lady in Ermine

as Major Horvath / Benvenuto

1948
Dream Girl

as George Allerton

1948
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 (voice)

1944
An American Romance

as Howard Clinton

1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator

1943
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
Arise, My Love

as Phillips

1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Dr. George Benedict

1940
1939
1939
King of the Turf

as Robert Barnes

1938
Racket Busters

as Hugh Allison

1938
Men with Wings

as Nick Ranson

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
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
1930
Liliom

as Carpenter