Walter Abel

Personal Info

Birthday

June 5, 1898

Day of Death

1987-03-26

(88 years old)

Place of Birth

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

Known For

Robert Montgomery Presents

The Philco Television Playhouse

Climax!

Studio One

The Defenders

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Lux Video Theatre

Holiday Inn

Filmography

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