Walter Abel
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.
Known For
Judge
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Danny Reed
Holiday Inn
Col. Fuller
Island in the Sky
Mayor Adams
Night of the Dark Full Moon
District Attorney
Fury
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
Second Wife
George Trellis
Mr. Skeffington
Cmdr. Roberts
Wake Island
T.D. Shawnessy
Raintree County
Charles Gibson
13 Rue Madeleine
Charles Stewart Calvin
Mirage
Inspector Hammock
Hold Back the Dawn
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
That Lady in Ermine
Warden Bill Keller
The Steel Jungle
Captain Trask
The Indian Fighter
Maj. R.A. Foster
Night People
Hugh Allison
Racket Busters
George Gore
Skylark
Anthony J. Colder
Glamour Boy
Prof. Thornton
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Elliott Thomas
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
B.G. DeSoto
Star Spangled Rhythm
Gabby Sloan
The Kid from Brooklyn
Chaplain
So Proudly We Hail
Carpenter
Liliom
D'Artagnan
The Three Musketeers
Phillips
Arise, My Love
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Variety Girl
Howard Clinton
An American Romance
Karl
Wise Girl
Richard Aiken
The Affairs of Susan
Ford Adams
Two in the Dark
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Law of the Underworld
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Dr. George Benedict
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
George Allerton
Dream Girl
Chris McClelland
Fired Wife
Col. James Moore
So This Is Love
Nick Ranson
Men with Wings
Prof. Roger Bowden
Handle with Care
Harry Archer
Kiss and Tell
Stanley Ashton
The Lady Consents
Phil Talbot
We Went to College
Jim Foreman
Miracle on Main Street
The Thief
The Confession
Gregory Stone
First Offenders
James Trent
The Witness Chair
Dan Foster
Portia on Trial
Juror #4
Twelve Angry Men
Judge
Dance, Girl, Dance
Director
Duffy's Tavern
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Follow the Boys
Narrator (voice)
The Hitler Gang
John Stafford
Green Light
Dr. Munson
The Human Duplicators
Homer Morrison
Grace Quigley
Milo Terkel
The Fabulous Joe
Col. A.B. Morgan
The Man Without a Country
Narrator
Picture in Your Mind
Robert Barnes
King of the Turf
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Mr. Beaumont
Bernardine
Tom
The North Wind's Malice
Narrator
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthday
1898-06-05
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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