Walter Abel

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: Acting

Born: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA, 1898-06-05

Died: 1987-03-26

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1920	The North Wind's Malice	Tom	0
2	1930	Liliom	Carpenter	68
3	1935	The Three Musketeers	D'Artagnan	64
4	1936	Two in the Dark	Ford Adams	59
5	1936	The Lady Consents	Stanley Ashton	58
6	1936	The Witness Chair	James Trent	62
7	1936	Fury	District Attorney	75
8	1936	We Went to College	Phil Talbot	30
9	1936	Second Wife	Kenneth Carpenter Sr.	0
10	1937	Green Light	John Stafford	63
11	1937	Portia on Trial	Dan Foster	53
12	1937	Wise Girl	Karl	70
13	1938	Law of the Underworld	Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers	55
14	1938	Racket Busters	Hugh Allison	51
15	1938	Men with Wings	Nick Ranson	60
16	1939	King of the Turf	Robert Barnes	70
17	1939	First Offenders	Gregory Stone	0
18	1939	Miracle on Main Street	Jim Foreman	54
19	1940	Dance, Girl, Dance	Judge	64
20	1940	Who Killed Aunt Maggie?	Dr. George Benedict	43
21	1940	Arise, My Love	M. Phillips	61
22	1940	Michael Shayne: Private Detective	Elliott Thomas	65
23	1941	Hold Back the Dawn	Inspector Hammock	66
24	1941	Skylark	George Gore	68
25	1941	Glamour Boy	Anthony J. Colder	60
26	1942	Holiday Inn	Danny Reed	70
27	1942	Star Spangled Rhythm	B.G. DeSoto	59
28	1942	Beyond the Blue Horizon	Prof. Thornton	0
29	1942	Wake Island	Cmdr. Roberts	56
30	1943	Fired Wife	Chris McClelland	48
31	1943	So Proudly We Hail	Chaplain	55
32	1943	The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith	Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator	100
33	1944	An American Romance	Howard Clinton	59
34	1944	The Hitler Gang	Narrator	59
35	1944	Follow the Boys	Walter Abel (uncredited)	53
36	1944	Mr. Skeffington	George Trellis	67
37	1945	The Affairs of Susan	Richard Aiken	61
38	1945	Duffy's Tavern	Director	61
39	1945	Kiss and Tell	Harry Archer	56
40	1946	The Kid from Brooklyn	Gabby Sloan	62
41	1947	13 Rue Madeleine	Charles Gibson	59
42	1947	The Fabulous Joe	Milo Terkel	58
43	1947	Variety Girl	Walter Abel (uncredited)	61
44	1948	Picture in Your Mind	Narrator	0
45	1948	Dream Girl	George Allerton	45
46	1948	That Lady in Ermine	Major Horvath / Benvenuto	58
47	1953	So This Is Love	Col. James Moore	45
48	1953	Island in the Sky	Col. Fuller	62
49	1954	Night People	Maj. R.A. Foster	59
50	1954	Twelve Angry Men	Juror #4	81
51	1955	The Indian Fighter	Captain Trask	62
52	1956	The Steel Jungle	Warden Bill Keller	53
53	1957	Bernardine	Mr. Beaumont	70
54	1957	Raintree County	T.D. Shawnessy	64
55	1958	Handle with Care	Prof. Roger Bowden	72
56	1964	The Confession	The Thief	10
57	1965	The Human Duplicators	Dr. Munson	34
58	1965	Mirage	Charles Stewart Calvin	70
59	1972	Night of the Dark Full Moon	Mayor Adams	51
60	1973	The Man Without a Country	Col. A.B. Morgan	65
61	1976	The American Woman: Portraits of Courage	Judge	0
62	1983	Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	65
63	1985	Grace Quigley	Homer Morrison	59

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1948	The Ed Sullivan Show	Self	66
2	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse		60
3	1948	The Philco Television Playhouse	Macduff	60
4	1948	Studio One	Juror #4	47
5	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Harry Archer	52
6	1950	Robert Montgomery Presents	Father	52
7	1950	The Colgate Comedy Hour	Self	70
8	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Joe Holmby	60
9	1950	Lux Video Theatre	Father	60
10	1951	Tales of Tomorrow		60
11	1954	Climax!	Stewart	30
12	1955	Hollywood Preview	Self	60
13	1955	Playwrights '56		60
14	1955	The 20th Century Fox Hour		52
15	1961	The Defenders	Ben Burke	62
16	1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre		55