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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 5, 1898
Died
March 26, 1987
Place of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Walter Abel
0.6 Popularity
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
5.9
Homer Morrison
Grace Quigley
1985
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
0.0
Judge
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976
6.5
Col. A.B. Morgan
The Man Without a Country
1973
5.1
Mayor Adams
Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972
7.0
Charles Stewart Calvin
Mirage
1965
3.3
Dr. Munson
The Human Duplicators
1965
🎬
0.0
Narrator
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
1965
2.3
Thief
Quick, Let's Get Married
1964
🎬
5.7
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Credits
Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison
1985
5.9
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Judge
1976
0.0
The Man Without a Country
as Col. A.B. Morgan
1973
6.5
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams
1972
5.1
Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin
1965
7.0
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson
1965
3.3
🎬
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
as Narrator
1965
0.0
Quick, Let's Get Married
as Thief
1964
2.3
🎬
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
5.7
The Defenders
as Ben Burke
1961
5.9
Handle with Care
as Prof. Roger Bowden
1958
7.2
Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy
1957
6.4
Bernardine
as Mr. Beaumont
1957
7.0
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mr. Wayde
1956
0.0
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
1956
0.0
The Steel Jungle
as Warden Bill Keller
1956
5.1
The Indian Fighter
as Captain Trask
1955
6.2
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as McKinley
1955
5.4
🎬
Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
🎬
Hollywood Preview
as Self
1955
6.0
Climax!
as Stewart
1954
3.3
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #4
1954
7.9
Night People
as Maj. R.A. Foster
1954
6.1
Island in the Sky
as Col. Fuller
1953
6.3
So This Is Love
as Col. James Moore
1953
3.8
Tales of Tomorrow
1951
6.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Joe Holmby
1950
6.3
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Father
1950
6.3
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Harry Archer
1950
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Father
1950
5.6
Studio One
as Juror #4
1948
5.0
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Macduff
1948
6.3
That Lady in Ermine
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948
5.9
Dream Girl
as George Allerton
1948
4.4
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Picture in Your Mind
as Narrator
1948
0.0
Variety Girl
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
1947
6.1
The Fabulous Joe
as Milo Terkel
1947
5.2
13 Rue Madeleine
as Charles Gibson
1947
6.0
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Gabby Sloan
1946
6.2
Kiss and Tell
as Harry Archer
1945
5.6
Duffy's Tavern
as Director
1945
6.1
The Affairs of Susan
as Richard Aiken
1945
6.1
Mr. Skeffington
as George Trellis
1944
6.7
Follow the Boys
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
1944
5.3
The Hitler Gang
as Narrator (voice)
1944
6.0
An American Romance
as Howard Clinton
1944
5.9
So Proudly We Hail
as Chaplain
1943
5.5
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
1943
10.0
Fired Wife
as Chris McClelland
1943
4.2
Wake Island
as Cmdr. Roberts
1942
5.8
Holiday Inn
as Danny Reed
1942
7.1
Beyond the Blue Horizon
as Prof. Thornton
1942
5.5
Star Spangled Rhythm
as B.G. DeSoto
1942
6.0
Glamour Boy
as Anthony J. Colder
1941
6.0
Skylark
as George Gore
1941
6.5
Hold Back the Dawn
as Inspector Hammock
1941
6.7
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
as Elliott Thomas
1940
6.5
Arise, My Love
as Phillips
1940
6.3
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
as Dr. George Benedict
1940
4.3
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Judge
1940
6.4
Miracle on Main Street
as Jim Foreman
1939
5.3
🎬
First Offenders
as Gregory Stone
1939
0.0
King of the Turf
as Robert Barnes
1939
7.0
Men with Wings
as Nick Ranson
1938
5.0
Racket Busters
as Hugh Allison
1938
5.1
Law of the Underworld
as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
1938
5.5
Wise Girl
as Karl
1937
7.0
Portia on Trial
as Dan Foster
1937
5.4
Green Light
as John Stafford
1937
6.4
Second Wife
as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
1936
0.0
🎬
We Went to College
as Phil Talbot
1936
3.0
Fury
as District Attorney
1936
7.4
The Witness Chair
as James Trent
1936
6.2
The Lady Consents
as Stanley Ashton
1936
5.8
Two in the Dark
as Ford Adams
1936
5.9
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
1935
6.5
Liliom
as Carpenter
1930
6.8
The North Wind's Malice
as Tom
1920
0.0
Out of a Clear Sky
1918
0.0