Walter Abel
Age: 88 | From: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1898-06-06 23:25:46
Death: 1987-03-26 23:25:46
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 40
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Father
Climax!
(1954) Stewart
Robert Montgomery Presents
(1950) Father
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Macduff
Studio One
(1948) Juror #4
The Defenders
(1961) Ben Burke
The Indian Fighter
(1955) Captain Trask
Mirage
(1965) Charles Stewart CalvinActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Homer Morrison | |
| 1983 | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1976 | Judge | |
| 1973 | Col. A.B. Morgan | |
| 1972 | Mayor Adams | |
| 1965 | Charles Stewart Calvin | |
| Dr. Munson | ||
| 1964 | The Thief | |
| 1963 | N/A | |
| 1961 | Ben Burke | |
| 1958 | Prof. Roger Bowden | |
| 1957 | T.D. Shawnessy | |
| Mr. Beaumont | ||
| 1956 | Warden Bill Keller | |
| 1955 | Captain Trask | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1954 | Stewart | |
| Juror #4 | ||
| Maj. R.A. Foster | ||
| 1953 | Col. Fuller | |
| Col. James Moore | ||
| 1951 | N/A | |
| 1950 | Joe Holmby | |
| Father | ||
| Self | ||
| Harry Archer | ||
| Father | ||
| 1948 | Juror #4 | |
| N/A | ||
| Macduff | ||
| Major Horvath / Benvenuto | ||
| George Allerton | ||
| Self | ||
| Narrator | ||
| 1947 | Walter Abel (uncredited) | |
| Milo Terkel | ||
| Charles Gibson | ||
| 1946 | Gabby Sloan | |
| 1945 | Harry Archer | |
| Director | ||
| Richard Aiken | ||
| 1944 | George Trellis | |
| Walter Abel (uncredited) | ||
| Narrator | ||
| Howard Clinton | ||
| 1943 | Chaplain | |
| Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator | ||
| Chris McClelland | ||
| 1942 | Cmdr. Roberts | |
| Prof. Thornton | ||
| B.G. DeSoto | ||
| Danny Reed | ||
| 1941 | Anthony J. Colder | |
| George Gore | ||
| Inspector Hammock | ||
| 1940 | Elliott Thomas | |
| M. Phillips | ||
| Dr. George Benedict | ||
| Judge | ||
| 1939 | Jim Foreman | |
| Gregory Stone | ||
| Robert Barnes | ||
| 1938 | Hugh Allison | |
| Nick Ranson | ||
| Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers | ||
| 1937 | Karl | |
| Dan Foster | ||
| John Stafford | ||
| 1936 | Kenneth Carpenter Sr. | |
| Phil Talbot | ||
| District Attorney | ||
| James Trent | ||
| Stanley Ashton | ||
| Ford Adams | ||
| 1935 | D'Artagnan | |
| 1930 | Carpenter | |
| 1920 | Tom | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
