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Walter Abel

Walter Abel

Birthday: 1898-06-06 | Place of Birth: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1985
Grace Quigley

as    Homer Morrison

1973
The Man Without a Country

as    Col. A.B. Morgan

1972
Night of the Dark Full Moon

as    Mayor Adams

1965
Mirage

as    Charles Stewart Calvin

1965
The Human Duplicators

as    Dr. Munson

1965
1958
Handle with Care

as    Prof. Roger Bowden

1957
Raintree County

as    T.D. Shawnessy

1956
The Steel Jungle

as    Warden Bill Keller

1955
The Indian Fighter

as    Captain Trask

1954
Twelve Angry Men

as    Juror #4

1954
Night People

as    Maj. R.A. Foster

1953
Island in the Sky

as    Col. Fuller

1953
So This Is Love

as    Col. James Moore

1948
That Lady in Ermine

as    Major Horvath / Benvenuto

1947
13 Rue Madeleine

as    Charles Gibson

1947
The Fabulous Joe

as    Milo Terkel

1946
The Kid from Brooklyn

as    Gabby Sloan

1944
Mr. Skeffington

as    George Trellis

1944
An American Romance

as    Howard Clinton

1944
The Hitler Gang

as    Narrator

1943
So Proudly We Hail

as    Chaplain

1942
Wake Island

as    Cmdr. Roberts

1942
Holiday Inn

as    Danny Reed