Walter Abel
Actor
- Born
- June 5, 1898 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Died
- March 26, 1987 (age 88)
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.
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Abel was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter. He died of a myocardial infarction in Essex, Connecticut.
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Known for
Fury
June 5, 1936
Holiday Inn
July 10, 1942
Mirage
October 29, 1965
Night of the Dark Full Moon
November 1, 1972
The Indian Fighter
December 21, 1955
Mr. Skeffington
May 25, 1944
Island in the Sky
September 5, 1953
Dance, Girl, Dance
August 30, 1940
Raintree County
December 20, 1957
Hold Back the Dawn
September 26, 1941
Twelve Angry Men
September 20, 1954
13 Rue Madeleine
January 15, 1947
Acting67
- 1985Grace Quigley as Homer Morrison
- 1983Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1976The American Woman: Portraits of Courage as Judge
- 1973The Man Without a Country as Col. A.B. Morgan
- 1972Night of the Dark Full Moon as Mayor Adams
- 1965Mirage as Charles Stewart Calvin
- 1965The Human Duplicators as Dr. Munson
- 1965Israel: The Story of the Jewish People as Narrator
- 1964Quick, Let's Get Married as Thief
- 1958