Acting credits
73
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Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Walter Abel
Acting
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Movies: 64Series: 9
TMDB ID: 77114
IMDb ID: nm0008496
Known for: Acting
Born: June 5, 1898
Died: March 26, 1987
Age: 88
Place of birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1918 - 1985
Years active: 68
Average TMDB rating: 6.29
Wikidata: Q2004024
Biography
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.
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Movie credits linked with Walter Abel.
5.9
Grace Quigley
as Homer Morrison
1985 Movie
6.5
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983 Movie
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
as Judge
1976 Movie
6.5
The Man Without a Country
as Col. A.B. Morgan
1973 Movie
5.1
Night of the Dark Full Moon
as Mayor Adams
1972 Movie
7.0
Mirage
as Charles Stewart Calvin
1965 Movie
3.3
The Human Duplicators
as Dr. Munson
1965 Movie
2.3
Quick, Let's Get Married
as Thief
1964 Movie
7.2
Handle with Care
as Prof. Roger Bowden
1958 Movie
6.4
Raintree County
as T.D. Shawnessy
1957 Movie
7.0
Bernardine
as Mr. Beaumont
1957 Movie
Sincerely, Willis Wade
as Mr. Wayde
1956 Movie
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
1956 Movie
5.1
The Steel Jungle
as Warden Bill Keller
1956 Movie
6.2
The Indian Fighter
as Captain Trask
1955 Movie
7.9
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #4
1954 Movie
6.1
Night People
as Maj. R.A. Foster
1954 Movie
6.3
Island in the Sky
as Col. Fuller
1953 Movie
3.8
So This Is Love
as Col. James Moore
1953 Movie
5.9
That Lady in Ermine
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948 Movie
4.4
Dream Girl
as George Allerton
1948 Movie
Picture in Your Mind
as Narrator
1948 Movie
6.1
Variety Girl
as Walter Abel (uncredited)
1947 Movie
5.2
The Fabulous Joe
as Milo Terkel
1947 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Walter Abel.
5.9
The Defenders
as Ben Burke • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.4
The 20th Century Fox Hour
as McKinley • 1 eps
1955 Series
3.3
Climax!
as Stewart • 1 eps
1954 Series
6.0
Tales of Tomorrow
4 eps
1951 Series
6.8
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self • 1 eps
1950 Series
5.6
Robert Montgomery Presents
as Harry Archer • 1 eps
1950 Series
5.0
Studio One
as Juror #4 • 1 eps
1948 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
1948 Series
6.8
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self • 1 eps
1948 Series