Actor
Walter Abel
Born June 5, 1898 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USADied March 26, 198763 films
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.
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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.
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First watchFury19367.5as District AttorneyJoe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper…View filmEssential films
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63 films as actor- 1985Grace QuigleyHomer Morrison
- 1973The Man Without a CountryCol. A.B. Morgan
- 1972Night of the Dark Full MoonMayor Adams
- 1965MirageCharles Stewart Calvin
- 1965The Human DuplicatorsDr. Munson
- 1964Quick, Let's Get MarriedThief
- 1958Handle with CareProf. Roger Bowden
- 1957Raintree CountyT.D. Shawnessy
- 1957BernardineMr. Beaumont
- 1956Sincerely, Willis WadeMr. Wayde
- 1956The Steel JungleWarden Bill Keller
- 1955The Indian FighterCaptain Trask
- 1954Twelve Angry MenJuror #4
- 1954Night PeopleMaj. R.A. Foster
- 1953Island in the SkyCol. Fuller
- 1953So This Is LoveCol. James Moore
- 1948That Lady in ErmineMajor Horvath / Benvenuto
- 1948Dream GirlGeorge Allerton
- 1948Picture in Your MindNarrator
- 1947Variety GirlWalter Abel (uncredited)
- 1947The Fabulous JoeMilo Terkel
- 194713 Rue MadeleineCharles Gibson
- 1946The Kid from BrooklynGabby Sloan
- 1945Kiss and TellHarry Archer
- 1945Duffy's TavernDirector
- 1945The Affairs of SusanRichard Aiken
- 1944Mr. SkeffingtonGeorge Trellis
- 1944Follow the BoysWalter Abel (uncredited)
- 1944The Hitler GangNarrator (voice)
- 1944An American RomanceHoward Clinton
- 1943So Proudly We HailChaplain
- 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom SmithJack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
- 1943Fired WifeChris McClelland
- 1942Wake IslandCmdr. Roberts
- 1942Holiday InnDanny Reed
- 1942Beyond the Blue HorizonProf. Thornton
- 1942Star Spangled RhythmB.G. DeSoto
- 1941Glamour BoyAnthony J. Colder
- 1941SkylarkGeorge Gore
- 1941Hold Back the DawnInspector Hammock
- 1940Michael Shayne: Private DetectiveElliott Thomas
- 1940Arise, My LovePhillips
- 1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie?Dr. George Benedict
- 1940Dance, Girl, DanceJudge
- 1939Miracle on Main StreetJim Foreman
- 1939First OffendersGregory Stone
- 1939King of the TurfRobert Barnes
- 1938Racket BustersHugh Allison
- 1938Men with WingsNick Ranson
- 1938Law of the UnderworldSpecial Prosecutor Warren Rogers
- 1937Wise GirlKarl
- 1937Portia on TrialDan Foster
- 1937Green LightJohn Stafford
- 1936Second WifeKenneth Carpenter Sr.
- 1936We Went to CollegePhil Talbot
- 1936FuryDistrict Attorney
- 1936The Witness ChairJames Trent
- 1936The Lady ConsentsStanley Ashton
- 1936Two in the DarkFord Adams
- 1935The Three MusketeersD'Artagnan
- 1930LiliomCarpenter
- 1920The North Wind's MaliceTom
- 1918Out of a Clear Sky