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Walter Abel
Walter Abel

Walter Abel

ActingBorn June 5, 1898Died March 26, 1987 (age 88)Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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

1985
Grace Quigley

as Homer Morrison

Movie
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
1973
The Man Without a Country

as Col. A.B. Morgan

Movie
1972Movie
1965
Mirage

as Charles Stewart Calvin

Movie
1965Movie
1964Movie
1961
The Defenders

as Ben Burke

TV
1958
Handle with Care

as Prof. Roger Bowden

Movie
1957
Raintree County

as T.D. Shawnessy

Movie
1957
Bernardine

as Mr. Beaumont

Movie
1956Movie
1956
The Steel Jungle

as Warden Bill Keller

Movie
1955
The Indian Fighter

as Captain Trask

Movie
1955TV
1955TV
1954
Climax!

as Stewart

TV
1954
Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #4

Movie
1954
Night People

as Maj. R.A. Foster

Movie
1953
Island in the Sky

as Col. Fuller

Movie
1953
So This Is Love

as Col. James Moore

Movie
1950
Lux Video Theatre

as Joe Holmby

TV
1950TV
1950TV
1948
Studio One

as Juror #4

TV
1948
That Lady in Ermine

as Major Horvath / Benvenuto

Movie
1948
Dream Girl

as George Allerton

Movie
1948Movie
1947
Variety Girl

as Walter Abel (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Fabulous Joe

as Milo Terkel

Movie
1947
13 Rue Madeleine

as Charles Gibson

Movie
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn

as Gabby Sloan

Movie
1945
Kiss and Tell

as Harry Archer

Movie
1945
Duffy's Tavern

as Director

Movie
1945
The Affairs of Susan

as Richard Aiken

Movie
1944
Mr. Skeffington

as George Trellis

Movie
1944
Follow the Boys

as Walter Abel (uncredited)

Movie
1944
The Hitler Gang

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1944
An American Romance

as Howard Clinton

Movie
1943Movie
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator

Movie
1943
Fired Wife

as Chris McClelland

Movie
1942
Wake Island

as Cmdr. Roberts

Movie
1942
Holiday Inn

as Danny Reed

Movie
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon

as Prof. Thornton

Movie
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm

as B.G. DeSoto

Movie
1941
Glamour Boy

as Anthony J. Colder

Movie
1941
Skylark

as George Gore

Movie
1941
Hold Back the Dawn

as Inspector Hammock

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Arise, My Love

as Phillips

Movie
1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Dr. George Benedict

Movie
1940Movie
1939Movie
1939
First Offenders

as Gregory Stone

Movie
1939
King of the Turf

as Robert Barnes

Movie
1938
Racket Busters

as Hugh Allison

Movie
1938
Men with Wings

as Nick Ranson

Movie
1938
Law of the Underworld

as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers

Movie
1937
Wise Girl

as Karl

Movie
1937
Portia on Trial

as Dan Foster

Movie
1937
Green Light

as John Stafford

Movie
1936
Second Wife

as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.

Movie
1936
We Went to College

as Phil Talbot

Movie
1936
Fury

as District Attorney

Movie
1936
The Witness Chair

as James Trent

Movie
1936
The Lady Consents

as Stanley Ashton

Movie
1936
Two in the Dark

as Ford Adams

Movie
1935Movie
1930
Liliom

as Carpenter

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJune 5, 1898
Day of DeathMarch 26, 1987
Place of BirthSaint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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