
Birthday
1898/06/05
Day of death
1987/03/26 (88 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also know as
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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, Mo...Read more

(1976) The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Judge

(1942) Holiday Inn
as Danny Reed

(1953) Island in the Sky
as Col. Fuller

(1972) Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams

(1936) Fury
as District Attorney

(1936) Second Wife
as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.

(1944) Mr. Skeffington
as George Trellis

(1942) Wake Island
as Cmdr. Roberts

(1957) Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy

(1947) 13 Rue Madeleine
as Charles Gibson

(1965) Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin

(1941) Hold Back the Dawn
as Inspector Hammock

(1948) That Lady in Ermine
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto

(1956) The Steel Jungle
as Warden Bill Keller

(1955) The Indian Fighter
as Captain Trask

(1954) Night People
as Maj. R.A. Foster

(1938) Racket Busters
as Hugh Allison

(1941) Skylark
as George Gore

(1941) Glamour Boy
as Anthony J. Colder

(1942) Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Prof. Thornton

(1940) Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Elliott Thomas

(1942) Star Spangled Rhythm
as B.G. DeSoto

(1946) The Kid from Brooklyn
as Gabby Sloan

(1943) So Proudly We Hail
as Chaplain

(1930) Liliom
as Carpenter

(1935) The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan

(1940) Arise, My Love
as Phillips

(1947) Variety Girl
as Walter Abel (uncredited)

(1944) An American Romance
as Howard Clinton

(1937) Wise Girl
as Karl

(1945) The Affairs of Susan
as Richard Aiken

(1936) Two in the Dark
as Ford Adams

(1938) Law of the Underworld
as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers

(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1940) Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Dr. George Benedict

(1948) Dream Girl
as George Allerton

(1943) Fired Wife
as Chris McClelland

(1953) So This Is Love
as Col. James Moore

(1938) Men with Wings
as Nick Ranson

(1958) Handle with Care
as Prof. Roger Bowden

(1945) Kiss and Tell
as Harry Archer

(1936) The Lady Consents
as Stanley Ashton
(1936) We Went to College
as Phil Talbot

(1939) Miracle on Main Street
as Jim Foreman

(1964) The Confession
as The Thief
(1939) First Offenders
as Gregory Stone

(1936) The Witness Chair
as James Trent

(1937) Portia on Trial
as Dan Foster

(1954) Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #4

(1940) Dance, Girl, Dance
as Judge

(1985) Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison

(1965) The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson

(1945) Duffy's Tavern
as Director

(1937) Green Light
as John Stafford

(1944) Follow the Boys
as Walter Abel (uncredited)

(1944) The Hitler Gang
as Narrator (voice)

(1947) The Fabulous Joe
as Milo Terkel

(1973) The Man Without a Country
as Col. A.B. Morgan

(1948) Picture in Your Mind
as Narrator

(1939) King of the Turf
as Robert Barnes

(1943) The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator

(1957) Bernardine
as Mr. Beaumont

(1920) The North Wind's Malice
as Tom
(1965) Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
as Narrator

(1956) Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
as ---

(1956) Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mr. Wayde

(1918) Out of a Clear Sky
as ---

(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self

(1948) Studio One
as Juror #4

(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1955) Hollywood Preview
as Self
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Joe Holmby

(1954) Climax!
as Stewart
(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as ---

(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as ---

(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Harry Archer
(1955) Playwrights '56
as ---

(1951) Tales of Tomorrow
as ---

(1961) The Defenders
as Ben Burke
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Father

(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents
as Father

(1948) The Philco Television Playhouse
as Macduff

(1955) The 20th Century Fox Hour
as McKinley