Walter Abel
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.
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Acting
Movie
Fury
as District Attorney
1936
Movie
Holiday Inn
as Danny Reed
1942
Movie
Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin
1965
Movie
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams
1972
Movie
The Indian Fighter
as Captain Trask
1955
Movie
Dance, Girl, Dance
as Judge
1940
Movie
Island in the Sky
as Col. Fuller
1953
Movie
Mr. Skeffington
as George Trellis
1944
Movie
Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy
1957
Movie
Hold Back the Dawn
as Inspector Hammock
1941
Movie
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #4
1954
Movie
13 Rue Madeleine
as Charles Gibson
1947
Movie
Night People
as Maj. R.A. Foster
1954
Movie
Wake Island
as Cmdr. Roberts
1942
Movie
So Proudly We Hail
as Chaplain
1943
Movie
Arise, My Love
as Phillips
1940
TV
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
Movie
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson
1965
Movie
That Lady in Ermine
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948
Movie
Miracle on Main Street
as Jim Foreman
1939
Movie
Liliom
as Carpenter
1930
Movie
Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison
1985
Movie
Racket Busters
as Hugh Allison
1938
Movie
The Kid from Brooklyn
as Gabby Sloan
1946