
Walter Abel
Acting
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.

Grace Quigley
Homer Morrison

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Judge

The Man Without a Country
Col. A.B. Morgan

Night of the Dark Full Moon
Mayor Adams

Mirage
Charles Stewart Calvin

The Human Duplicators
Dr. Munson
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Narrator

Quick, Let's Get Married
Thief

Handle with Care
Prof. Roger Bowden

Raintree County
T.D. Shawnessy

Bernardine
Mr. Beaumont

Sincerely, Willis Wade
Mr. Wayde

Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes

The Steel Jungle
Warden Bill Keller

The Indian Fighter
Captain Trask

Twelve Angry Men
Juror #4

Night People
Maj. R.A. Foster

Island in the Sky
Col. Fuller

So This Is Love
Col. James Moore

That Lady in Ermine
Major Horvath / Benvenuto

Dream Girl
George Allerton

Picture in Your Mind
Narrator

Variety Girl
Walter Abel (uncredited)

The Fabulous Joe
Milo Terkel

13 Rue Madeleine
Charles Gibson

The Kid from Brooklyn
Gabby Sloan

Kiss and Tell
Harry Archer

Duffy's Tavern
Director

The Affairs of Susan
Richard Aiken

Mr. Skeffington
George Trellis

Follow the Boys
Walter Abel (uncredited)

The Hitler Gang
Narrator (voice)

An American Romance
Howard Clinton

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator

So Proudly We Hail
Chaplain

Fired Wife
Chris McClelland

Wake Island
Cmdr. Roberts

Holiday Inn
Danny Reed

Beyond the Blue Horizon
Prof. Thornton

Star Spangled Rhythm
B.G. DeSoto

Glamour Boy
Anthony J. Colder

Skylark
George Gore

Hold Back the Dawn
Inspector Hammock

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Elliott Thomas

Arise, My Love
Phillips

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Dr. George Benedict

Dance, Girl, Dance
Judge

Miracle on Main Street
Jim Foreman
First Offenders
Gregory Stone

King of the Turf
Robert Barnes

Men with Wings
Nick Ranson

Racket Busters
Hugh Allison

Law of the Underworld
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers

Wise Girl
Karl

Portia on Trial
Dan Foster

Green Light
John Stafford

Second Wife
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
We Went to College
Phil Talbot

Fury
District Attorney

The Witness Chair
James Trent

The Lady Consents
Stanley Ashton

Two in the Dark
Ford Adams

The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan

Liliom
Carpenter

The North Wind's Malice
Tom

Out of a Clear Sky







