
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
81 acting credits
Acting · 81

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

Robert Montgomery Presents
1950

Climax!
1954
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Studio One
1948

The Defenders
1961

The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948

The Ford Television Theatre
1952

The 20th Century Fox Hour
1955

Tales of Tomorrow
1951
Lux Video Theatre
1950
Playwrights '56
1955
Hollywood Preview
1955

Mirage
1965

Fury
1936

Holiday Inn
1942

Raintree County
1957

Mr. Skeffington
1944

The Indian Fighter
1955

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983

Island in the Sky
1953

That Lady in Ermine
1948

Variety Girl
1947

Twelve Angry Men
1954

Liliom
1930

13 Rue Madeleine
1947

Glamour Boy
1941

Night People
1954

Dance, Girl, Dance
1940

Racket Busters
1938

So Proudly We Hail
1943

Wake Island
1942

Night of the Dark Full Moon
1972

Hold Back the Dawn
1941

Dream Girl
1948

The Kid from Brooklyn
1946

Grace Quigley
1985

Arise, My Love
1940

Beyond the Blue Horizon
1942

The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943

Men with Wings
1938

The Three Musketeers
1935

Fired Wife
1943

Kiss and Tell
1945

The Hitler Gang
1944

The Human Duplicators
1965

The Lady Consents
1936

The Witness Chair
1936

Follow the Boys
1944

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942

Duffy's Tavern
1945

An American Romance
1944

The Steel Jungle
1956

The Man Without a Country
1973

Bernardine
1957

The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1976

Second Wife
1936

Wise Girl
1937

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940

Law of the Underworld
1938

So This Is Love
1953

Quick, Let's Get Married
1964

Green Light
1937

King of the Turf
1939

The Affairs of Susan
1945

Skylark
1941

Handle with Care
1958
We Went to College
1936

Two in the Dark
1936

The Fabulous Joe
1947

Portia on Trial
1937

Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940

The North Wind's Malice
1920

Miracle on Main Street
1939
First Offenders
1939

Out of a Clear Sky
1918

Picture in Your Mind
1948

Sincerely, Willis Wade
1956

Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
1956
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
1965