Walter Abel
Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA — Jun 05 1898• Died Mar 26 1987
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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…
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Stewart
Robert Montgomery Presents
Harry Archer
The Defenders
Ben Burke
Studio One
Juror #4
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
The 20th Century Fox Hour
McKinley
Lux Video Theatre
Joe Holmby
Tales of Tomorrow
Playwrights '56
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mirage
Charles Stewart Calvin
Mr. Skeffington
George Trellis
Variety Girl
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Arise, My Love
Phillips
Holiday Inn
Danny Reed
Wake Island
Cmdr. Roberts
Fury
District Attorney
So Proudly We Hail
Chaplain
Men with Wings
Nick Ranson
Night People
Maj. R.A. Foster
Raintree County
T.D. Shawnessy
Dance, Girl, Dance
Judge
Follow the Boys
Walter Abel (uncredited)
Racket Busters
Hugh Allison
Island in the Sky
Col. Fuller
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Munson
The Indian Fighter
Captain Trask
The Kid from Brooklyn
Gabby Sloan
The Witness Chair
James Trent
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Mayor Adams
The Affairs of Susan
Richard Aiken
Two in the Dark
Ford Adams
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Prof. Thornton
Miracle on Main Street
Jim Foreman
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #4
Hold Back the Dawn
Inspector Hammock
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Elliott Thomas
Grace Quigley
Homer Morrison
Glamour Boy
Anthony J. Colder
Second Wife
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
Green Light
John Stafford
Star Spangled Rhythm
B.G. DeSoto
So This Is Love
Col. James Moore
Bernardine
Mr. Beaumont
An American Romance
Howard Clinton
Skylark
George Gore
The Steel Jungle
Warden Bill Keller
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Dr. George Benedict
Dream Girl
George Allerton
That Lady in Ermine
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
The Man Without a Country
Col. A.B. Morgan
The Lady Consents
Stanley Ashton
Duffy's Tavern
Director
Liliom
Carpenter
Kiss and Tell
Harry Archer
Fired Wife
Chris McClelland
Quick, Let's Get Married
Thief
The Fabulous Joe
Milo Terkel
13 Rue Madeleine
Charles Gibson
The Hitler Gang
Narrator (voice)
Handle with Care
Prof. Roger Bowden
King of the Turf
Robert Barnes
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Judge
Law of the Underworld
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Mr. Wayde
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
Wise Girl
Karl
Portia on Trial
Dan Foster
First Offenders
Gregory Stone
Out of a Clear Sky
The North Wind's Malice
Tom
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Narrator
Picture in Your Mind
Narrator
We Went to College
Phil Talbot
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes