Actor
Walter Abel
June 5, 1898 · Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
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.
Often works with
Frank Albertson
2 titles together
Fury, Wake Island
George Chandler
2 titles together
Fury, Island in the Sky
Esther Dale
2 titles together
Fury, Arise, My Love
Gregory Peck
2 titles together
Mirage, Night People
Walter Matthau
2 titles together
Mirage, The Indian Fighter
Fred Aldrich
2 titles together
Mr. Skeffington, Raintree County
Full filmography · 74
Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison
1985
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Judge
1976
The Man Without a Country
as Col. A.B. Morgan
1973
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams
19725.1
Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin
19657
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson
19653.7
Quick, Let's Get Married
as Thief
1964
Handle with Care
as Prof. Roger Bowden
1958
Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy
19576.4
Bernardine
as Mr. Beaumont
1957
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mr. Wayde
1956
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
cast
1956