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 Pollocks 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.

Movies unavailable from Walter Abel

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

Judge

Movie 1976

Holiday Inn

Danny Reed

Movie 1942

Island in the Sky

Col. Fuller

Movie 1953

Fury

District Attorney

Movie 1936

Second Wife

Kenneth Carpenter Sr.

Movie 1936

Mr. Skeffington

George Trellis

Movie 1944

Wake Island

Cmdr. Roberts

Movie 1942

13 Rue Madeleine

Charles Gibson

Movie 1947

Hold Back the Dawn

Inspector Hammock

Movie 1941

The Steel Jungle

Warden Bill Keller

Movie 1956

The Indian Fighter

Captain Trask

Movie 1955

Night People

Maj. R.A. Foster

Movie 1954

Racket Busters

Hugh Allison

Movie 1938

Glamour Boy

Anthony J. Colder

Movie 1941

Beyond the Blue Horizon

Prof. Thornton

Movie 1942

Michael Shayne: Private Detective

Elliott Thomas

Movie 1940

Star Spangled Rhythm

B.G. DeSoto

Movie 1942

Liliom

Carpenter

Movie 1930

The Three Musketeers

D'Artagnan

Movie 1935

Variety Girl

Walter Abel (uncredited)

Movie 1947

An American Romance

Howard Clinton

Movie 1944

Wise Girl

Karl

Movie 1937

Two in the Dark

Ford Adams

Movie 1936

Law of the Underworld

Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers

Movie 1938

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie 1983

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

Dr. George Benedict

Movie 1940

Dream Girl

George Allerton

Movie 1948

Fired Wife

Chris McClelland

Movie 1943

So This Is Love

Col. James Moore

Movie 1953

Handle with Care

Prof. Roger Bowden

Movie 1958

Kiss and Tell

Harry Archer

Movie 1945

The Lady Consents

Stanley Ashton

Movie 1936

We Went to College

Phil Talbot

Movie 1936

The Confession

The Thief

Movie 1964

First Offenders

Gregory Stone

Movie 1939

The Witness Chair

James Trent

Movie 1936

Portia on Trial

Dan Foster

Movie 1937

Twelve Angry Men

Juror #4

Movie 1954

Dance, Girl, Dance

Judge

Movie 1940

Duffy's Tavern

Director

Movie 1945

Follow the Boys

Walter Abel (uncredited)

Movie 1944

Green Light

John Stafford

Movie 1937

The Human Duplicators

Dr. Munson

Movie 1965

Grace Quigley

Homer Morrison

Movie 1985

The Fabulous Joe

Milo Terkel

Movie 1947

The Man Without a Country

Col. A.B. Morgan

Movie 1973

Picture in Your Mind

Narrator

Movie 1948

King of the Turf

Robert Barnes

Movie 1939

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator

Movie 1943

Bernardine

Mr. Beaumont

Movie 1957

The North Wind's Malice

Tom

Movie 1920

Tv series unavailable from Walter Abel

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Self

Tv 1950

Studio One

Juror #4

Tv 1948

The Ed Sullivan Show

Self

Tv 1948

Hollywood Preview

Self

Tv 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Joe Holmby

Tv 1950

Climax!

Stewart

Tv 1954

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Tv 1963

The 20th Century Fox Hour

Tv 1955

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tv 1948

Robert Montgomery Presents

Harry Archer

Tv 1950

Playwrights '56

Tv 1955

Tales of Tomorrow

Tv 1951

The Defenders

Ben Burke

Tv 1961

Lux Video Theatre

Father

Tv 1950

Robert Montgomery Presents

Father

Tv 1950

The Philco Television Playhouse

Macduff

Tv 1948