From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Movie | Grace Quigley | Homer Morrison | 1985-05-17 |
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | The Man Without a Country | Col. A.B. Morgan | 1973-04-24 |
Movie | Night of the Dark Full Moon | Mayor Adams | 1972-11-01 |
Movie | Mirage | Charles Stewart Calvin | 1965-10-29 |
Movie | The Human Duplicators | Dr. Munson | 1965-03-03 |
Movie | The Confession | The Thief | 1964-05-22 |
Series | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Unknown | 1963-10-04 |
Movie | Handle with Care | Prof. Roger Bowden | 1958-04-18 |
Movie | Bernardine | Mr. Beaumont | 1957-07-24 |
Series | Suspicion | 1957-09-30 | |
Movie | Raintree County | T.D. Shawnessy | 1957-12-20 |
Movie | The Steel Jungle | Warden Bill Keller | 1956-03-10 |
Series | Playwrights '56 | Unknown | 1955-10-04 |
Series | The 20th Century Fox Hour | Unknown | 1955-10-05 |
Movie | The Indian Fighter | Captain Trask | 1955-12-21 |
Movie | Night People | Maj. R.A. Foster | 1954-03-11 |
Movie | Twelve Angry Men | Juror #4 | 1954-09-20 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Movie | So This Is Love | Col. James Moore | 1953-07-15 |
Movie | Island in the Sky | Col. Fuller | 1953-09-05 |
Series | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown | 1951-08-03 |
Series | Robert Montgomery Presents | Unknown | 1950-01-30 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Series | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Unknown | 1950-09-10 |
Series | The Ed Sullivan Show | Unknown | 1948-06-20 |
Movie | Dream Girl | George Allerton | 1948-07-27 |
Movie | Picture in Your Mind | Narrator | 1948-04-04 |
Series | The Philco Television Playhouse | Unknown | 1948-10-03 |
Movie | That Lady in Ermine | Major Horvath / Benvenuto | 1948-08-24 |
Series | Studio One | Unknown | 1948-11-07 |
Movie | 13 Rue Madeleine | Charles Gibson | 1947-01-15 |
Movie | The Fabulous Joe | Milo Terkel | 1947-08-28 |
Movie | Variety Girl | Walter Abel (uncredited) | 1947-08-29 |
Movie | The Kid from Brooklyn | Gabby Sloan | 1946-03-21 |
Movie | The Affairs of Susan | Richard Aiken | 1945-07-08 |
Movie | Kiss and Tell | Harry Archer | 1945-10-04 |
Movie | Duffy's Tavern | Director | 1945-09-28 |
Movie | The Hitler Gang | Narrator | 1944-04-26 |
Movie | An American Romance | Howard Clinton | 1944-04-16 |
Movie | Follow the Boys | Walter Abel (uncredited) | 1944-05-05 |
Movie | Mr. Skeffington | George Trellis | 1944-05-25 |
Movie | Fired Wife | Chris McClelland | 1943-09-04 |
Movie | The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith | Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Chaplain | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | Holiday Inn | Danny Reed | 1942-01-01 |
Movie | Star Spangled Rhythm | B.G. DeSoto | 1942-03-05 |
Movie | Wake Island | Cmdr. Roberts | 1942-08-11 |
Movie | Beyond the Blue Horizon | Prof. Thornton | 1942-06-25 |
Movie | Hold Back the Dawn | Inspector Hammock | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | Skylark | George Gore | 1941-11-21 |
Movie | Glamour Boy | Anthony J. Colder | 1941-12-05 |
Movie | Who Killed Aunt Maggie? | Dr. George Benedict | 1940-11-01 |
Movie | Dance, Girl, Dance | Judge | 1940-08-30 |
Movie | Arise, My Love | M. Phillips | 1940-11-08 |
Movie | Michael Shayne: Private Detective | Elliott Thomas | 1940-12-19 |
Movie | King of the Turf | Robert Barnes | 1939-02-17 |
Movie | Miracle on Main Street | Jim Foreman | 1939-12-19 |
Movie | Law of the Underworld | Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers | 1938-05-06 |
Movie | Racket Busters | Hugh Allison | 1938-07-16 |
Movie | Men with Wings | Nick Ranson | 1938-07-16 |
Movie | Green Light | John Stafford | 1937-02-20 |
Movie | Portia on Trial | Dan Foster | 1937-11-08 |
Movie | Wise Girl | Karl | 1937-12-31 |
Movie | The Lady Consents | Stanley Ashton | 1936-02-07 |
Movie | Two in the Dark | Ford Adams | 1936-01-10 |
Movie | The Witness Chair | James Trent | 1936-04-23 |
Movie | Fury | District Attorney | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | We Went to College | Phil Talbot | 1936-06-19 |
Movie | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | Liliom | Carpenter | 1930-09-27 |