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