Walter Abel
Acting
🎂 1898-06-05
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(81)
Harry Archer
1950
Father
1950
Self
1948
1951
Self
1950
Juror #4
1948
Ben Burke
1961
1948
Macduff
1948
Stewart
1954
1963
McKinley
1955
Joe Holmby
1950
Father
1950
1955
Self
1955
Charles Stewart Calvin
1965
District Attorney
1936
Mayor Adams
1972
Danny Reed
1942
Judge
1940
Dr. Munson
1965
Captain Trask
1955
T.D. Shawnessy
1957
Col. Fuller
1953
Walter Abel (uncredited)
1947
Gabby Sloan
1946
George Trellis
1944
Narrator (voice)
1944
George Gore
1941
Juror #4
1954
Phillips
1940
Charles Gibson
1947
Inspector Hammock
1941
B.G. DeSoto
1942
Chaplain
1943
Maj. R.A. Foster
1954
Cmdr. Roberts
1942
Carpenter
1930
Anthony J. Colder
1941
Prof. Thornton
1942
Elliott Thomas
1940
Richard Aiken
1945
Ford Adams
1936
Dan Foster
1937
John Stafford
1937
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
1938
Karl
1937
Nick Ranson
1938
Homer Morrison
1985
Chris McClelland
1943
Stanley Ashton
1936
James Trent
1936
Walter Abel (uncredited)
1944
Robert Barnes
1939
Hugh Allison
1938
Harry Archer
1945
George Allerton
1948
Col. James Moore
1953
The Thief
1964
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948
Judge
1976
Milo Terkel
1947
Director
1945
D'Artagnan
1935
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
1936
Warden Bill Keller
1956
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
1943
Mr. Beaumont
1957
Col. A.B. Morgan
1973
Howard Clinton
1944
Prof. Roger Bowden
1958
Dr. George Benedict
1940
Jim Foreman
1939
Tom
1920
Narrator
1948
Gregory Stone
1939
Phil Talbot
1936
Narrator
1965
1956