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