Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 05, 1898
Died
Mar 26, 1987
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Credits
81 titles
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
Filmography
Grace Quigley
Homer Morrison
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Judge
The Man Without a Country
Col. A.B. Morgan
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Mayor Adams
Mirage
Charles Stewart Calvin
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Munson
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Narrator
Quick, Let's Get Married
Thief
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
The Defenders
Ben Burke
Handle with Care
Prof. Roger Bowden
Raintree County
T.D. Shawnessy
Bernardine
Mr. Beaumont
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Mr. Wayde
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
The Steel Jungle
Warden Bill Keller
The Indian Fighter
Captain Trask
The 20th Century Fox Hour
McKinley
Playwrights '56
Hollywood Preview
Self
Climax!
Stewart
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #4
Night People
Maj. R.A. Foster
Island in the Sky
Col. Fuller
So This Is Love
Col. James Moore
The Ford Television Theatre
Tales of Tomorrow
Lux Video Theatre
Joe Holmby
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
Robert Montgomery Presents
Harry Archer
Studio One
Juror #4
The Philco Television Playhouse
That Lady in Ermine
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
Dream Girl
George Allerton
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Picture in Your Mind
Narrator
Variety Girl
Walter Abel (uncredited)
The Fabulous Joe
Milo Terkel
13 Rue Madeleine
Charles Gibson
The Kid from Brooklyn
Gabby Sloan
Kiss and Tell
Harry Archer
Duffy's Tavern
Director
The Affairs of Susan
Richard Aiken
Mr. Skeffington
George Trellis
Follow the Boys
Walter Abel (uncredited)
The Hitler Gang
Narrator (voice)
An American Romance
Howard Clinton
So Proudly We Hail
Chaplain
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator