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

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Movie Involvements: 39

TV Involvements: 8


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
Average
5

Lux Video Theatre

(1950) Father
Climax!
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3

Climax!

(1954) Stewart
Robert Montgomery Presents
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5
The Philco Television Playhouse
Average
5
Studio One
Average
4

Studio One

(1948) Juror #4
The Defenders
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6

The Defenders

(1961) Ben Burke
The Indian Fighter
Average
6

The Indian Fighter

(1955) Captain Trask
Mirage
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7

Mirage

(1965) Charles Stewart Calvin

Acting

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
Danny Reed
Prof. Thornton
B.G. DeSoto
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
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
Year Character Movie/Tv

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