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.

Filmography

• 1985Grace Quigley — Homer Morrison
• 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage — Judge
• 1973The Man Without a Country — Col. A.B. Morgan
• 1972Night of the Dark Full Moon — Mayor Adams
• 1965Israel: The Story of the Jewish People — Narrator
• 1965Mirage — Charles Stewart Calvin
• 1965The Human Duplicators — Dr. Munson
• 1964Quick, Let's Get Married — Thief
• Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
• The Defenders — Ben Burke
• 1958Handle with Care — Prof. Roger Bowden
• 1957Bernardine — Mr. Beaumont
• 1957Raintree County — T.D. Shawnessy
• 1956Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
• 1956Sincerely, Willis Wade — Mr. Wayde
• 1956The Steel Jungle — Warden Bill Keller
• Playwrights '56
• The 20th Century Fox Hour — McKinley
• 1955The Indian Fighter — Captain Trask
• Climax! — Stewart
• 1954Night People — Maj. R.A. Foster
• 1954Twelve Angry Men — Juror #4
• 1953Island in the Sky — Col. Fuller
• 1953So This Is Love — Col. James Moore
• The Ford Television Theatre
• Tales of Tomorrow
• Lux Video Theatre — Joe Holmby, Father
• Robert Montgomery Presents — Harry Archer, Father
• 1948Dream Girl — George Allerton
• 1948Picture in Your Mind — Narrator
• Studio One — Juror #4
• 1948That Lady in Ermine — Major Horvath / Benvenuto
• The Philco Television Playhouse — Macduff
• 194713 Rue Madeleine — Charles Gibson
• 1947The Fabulous Joe — Milo Terkel
• 1947Variety Girl — Walter Abel (uncredited)
• 1946The Kid from Brooklyn — Gabby Sloan
• 1945Duffy's Tavern — Director
• 1945Kiss and Tell — Harry Archer
• 1945The Affairs of Susan — Richard Aiken
• 1944An American Romance — Howard Clinton
• 1944Follow the Boys — Walter Abel (uncredited)
• 1944Mr. Skeffington — George Trellis
• 1944The Hitler Gang — Narrator (voice)
• 1943Fired Wife — Chris McClelland
• 1943So Proudly We Hail — Chaplain
• 1943The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith — Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
• 1942Beyond the Blue Horizon — Prof. Thornton
• 1942Holiday Inn — Danny Reed
• 1942Star Spangled Rhythm — B.G. DeSoto
• 1942Wake Island — Cmdr. Roberts
• 1941Glamour Boy — Anthony J. Colder
• 1941Hold Back the Dawn — Inspector Hammock
• 1941Skylark — George Gore
• 1940Arise, My Love — Phillips
• 1940Dance, Girl, Dance — Judge
• 1940Michael Shayne: Private Detective — Elliott Thomas
• 1940Who Killed Aunt Maggie? — Dr. George Benedict
• 1939First Offenders — Gregory Stone
• 1939King of the Turf — Robert Barnes
• 1939Miracle on Main Street — Jim Foreman
• 1938Law of the Underworld — Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
• 1938Men with Wings — Nick Ranson
• 1938Racket Busters — Hugh Allison
• 1937Green Light — John Stafford
• 1937Portia on Trial — Dan Foster
• 1937Wise Girl — Karl
• 1936Fury — District Attorney
• 1936Second Wife — Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
• 1936The Lady Consents — Stanley Ashton
• 1936The Witness Chair — James Trent
• 1936Two in the Dark — Ford Adams
• 1936We Went to College — Phil Talbot
• 1935The Three Musketeers — D'Artagnan
• 1930Liliom — Carpenter
• 1920The North Wind's Malice — Tom
• 1918Out of a Clear Sky

Appearances as themselves (4)

• 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Hollywood Preview — Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self