Personal Info
Known Credits
65
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1898-06-05 (127 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Also Known For
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, Mo ...
Known For
Acting
1985 --
Grace Quigley
| Homer Morrison
1983 --
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
| Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1976 --
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
| Judge
1973 --
The Man Without a Country
| Col. A.B. Morgan
1972 --
Night of the Dark Full Moon
| Mayor Adams
1965 --
Mirage
| Charles Stewart Calvin
1965 --
The Human Duplicators
| Dr. Munson
1965 --
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
| Narrator
1964 --
The Confession
| The Thief
1958 --
Handle with Care
| Prof. Roger Bowden
1957 --
Raintree County
| T.D. Shawnessy
1957 --
Bernardine
| Mr. Beaumont
1956 --
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
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1956 --
The Steel Jungle
| Warden Bill Keller
1955 --
The Indian Fighter
| Captain Trask
1954 --
Twelve Angry Men
| Juror #4
1954 --
Night People
| Maj. R.A. Foster
1953 --
Island in the Sky
| Col. Fuller
1953 --
So This Is Love
| Col. James Moore
1948 --
That Lady in Ermine
| Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948 --
Dream Girl
| George Allerton
1948 --
Picture in Your Mind
| Narrator
1947 --
Variety Girl
| Walter Abel (uncredited)
1947 --
The Fabulous Joe
| Milo Terkel
1947 --
13 Rue Madeleine
| Charles Gibson
1946 --
The Kid from Brooklyn
| Gabby Sloan
1945 --
Kiss and Tell
| Harry Archer
1945 --
Duffy's Tavern
| Director
1945 --
The Affairs of Susan
| Richard Aiken
1944 --
Mr. Skeffington
| George Trellis
1944 --
Follow the Boys
| Walter Abel (uncredited)
1944 --
The Hitler Gang
| Narrator
1944 --
An American Romance
| Howard Clinton
1943 --
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
| Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
1943 --
So Proudly We Hail
| Chaplain
1943 --
Fired Wife
| Chris McClelland
1942 --
Wake Island
| Cmdr. Roberts
1942 --
Beyond the Blue Horizon
| Prof. Thornton
1942 --
Star Spangled Rhythm
| B.G. DeSoto
1942 --
Holiday Inn
| Danny Reed
1941 --
Glamour Boy
| Anthony J. Colder
1941 --
Skylark
| George Gore
1941 --
Hold Back the Dawn
| Inspector Hammock
1940 --
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
| Elliott Thomas
1940 --
Arise, My Love
| M. Phillips
1940 --
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
| Dr. George Benedict
1940 --
Dance, Girl, Dance
| Judge
1939 --
Miracle on Main Street
| Jim Foreman
1939 --
First Offenders
| Gregory Stone
1939 --
King of the Turf
| Robert Barnes
1938 --
Men with Wings
| Nick Ranson
1938 --
Racket Busters
| Hugh Allison
1938 --
Law of the Underworld
| Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
1937 --
Wise Girl
| Karl
1937 --
Portia on Trial
| Dan Foster
1937 --
Green Light
| John Stafford
1936 --
Second Wife
| Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
1936 --
We Went to College
| Phil Talbot
1936 --
Fury
| District Attorney
1936 --
The Witness Chair
| James Trent
1936 --
The Lady Consents
| Stanley Ashton
1936 --
Two in the Dark
| Ford Adams
1935 --
The Three Musketeers
| D'Artagnan
1930 --
Liliom
| Carpenter
1920 --
The North Wind's Malice
| Tom