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