Walter Abel
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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, 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
Credits
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
as George Trellis
Night People (1954)
as Maj. R.A. Foster
The Indian Fighter (1955)
as Captain Trask
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Chaplain
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fury (1936)
as District Attorney
Holiday Inn (1942)
as Danny Reed
Grace Quigley (1985)
as Homer Morrison
Quick, Let's Get Married (1964)
as Thief
Island in the Sky (1953)
as Col. Fuller
Dance, Girl, Dance (1940)
as Judge
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
as Mayor Adams
Raintree County (1957)
as T.D. Shawnessy
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
as Inspector Hammock
Mirage (1965)
as Charles Stewart Calvin
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
as Gabby Sloan
That Lady in Ermine (1948)
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
The Affairs of Susan (1945)
as Richard Aiken
So This Is Love (1953)
as Col. James Moore
Two in the Dark (1936)
as Ford Adams
Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)
as Prof. Thornton
Arise, My Love (1940)
as Phillips
The Man Without a Country (1973)
as Col. A.B. Morgan
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)
as Judge
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
as Charles Gibson
The Human Duplicators (1965)
as Dr. Munson
Law of the Underworld (1938)
as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Wake Island (1942)
as Cmdr. Roberts
Miracle on Main Street (1939)
as Jim Foreman
Bernardine (1957)
as Mr. Beaumont
Michael Shayne: Private Detective (1940)
as Elliott Thomas
Wise Girl (1937)
as Karl
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
as B.G. DeSoto
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
as Dr. George Benedict
The Three Musketeers (1935)
as D'Artagnan
Variety Girl (1947)
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
King of the Turf (1939)
as Robert Barnes
Duffy's Tavern (1945)
as Director
The Hitler Gang (1944)
as Narrator (voice)
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith (1943)
as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
An American Romance (1944)
as Howard Clinton
Twelve Angry Men (1954)
as Juror #4
The Steel Jungle (1956)
as Warden Bill Keller
The Witness Chair (1936)
as James Trent
Follow the Boys (1944)
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
Men with Wings (1938)
as Nick Ranson
The North Wind's Malice (1920)
as Tom
We Went to College (1936)
as Phil Talbot
Out of a Clear Sky (1918)
Actor
Glamour Boy (1941)
as Anthony J. Colder
Racket Busters (1938)
as Hugh Allison
Green Light (1937)
as John Stafford
Skylark (1941)
as George Gore
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People (1965)
as Narrator
Kiss and Tell (1945)
as Harry Archer
The Lady Consents (1936)
as Stanley Ashton
Sincerely, Willis Wade (1956)
as Mr. Wayde
Second Wife (1936)
as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
Fired Wife (1943)
as Chris McClelland
Portia on Trial (1937)
as Dan Foster
Dream Girl (1948)
as George Allerton
Handle with Care (1958)
as Prof. Roger Bowden
Liliom (1930)
as Carpenter
The Fabulous Joe (1947)
as Milo Terkel
Picture in Your Mind (1948)
as Narrator
First Offenders (1939)
as Gregory Stone
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes (1956)
Actor