Cast & creator
Walter Abel
Best known for Climax!, Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre, Robert Montgomery Presents
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.
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film credits
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television credits
84
1918–1985 · acting roles
6.3
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (84)
Showing 84 of 84 credits
Climax!
Stewart
1954Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Robert Montgomery Presents
Harry Archer
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
Father
1950
Studio One
Juror #4
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948The Philco Television Playhouse
Macduff
1948
The Defenders
Ben Burke
1961
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The 20th Century Fox Hour
McKinley
1955
The Ford Television Theatre
1952Lux Video Theatre
Joe Holmby
1950Lux Video Theatre
Father
1950
Tales of Tomorrow
1951Playwrights '56
1955Hollywood Preview
Self
1955
Mr. Skeffington
George Trellis
1944
The Indian Fighter
Captain Trask
1955
Night People
Maj. R.A. Foster
1954
So Proudly We Hail
Chaplain
1943
Holiday Inn
Danny Reed
1942
Raintree County
T.D. Shawnessy
1957
Mirage
Charles Stewart Calvin
1965
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
Fury
District Attorney
1936
Island in the Sky
Col. Fuller
1953
Quick, Let's Get Married
Thief
1964
Hold Back the Dawn
Inspector Hammock
1941
Dance, Girl, Dance
Judge
1940
Grace Quigley
Homer Morrison
1985
Wake Island
Cmdr. Roberts
1942
Night of the Dark Full Moon
Mayor Adams
1972
The Kid from Brooklyn
Gabby Sloan
1946
So This Is Love
Col. James Moore
1953
Two in the Dark
Ford Adams
1936
That Lady in Ermine
Major Horvath / Benvenuto
1948
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Elliott Thomas
1940
Arise, My Love
Phillips
1940
Men with Wings
Nick Ranson
1938
Star Spangled Rhythm
B.G. DeSoto
1942
The Affairs of Susan
Richard Aiken
1945
13 Rue Madeleine
Charles Gibson
1947
Wise Girl
Karl
1937
Beyond the Blue Horizon
Prof. Thornton
1942
King of the Turf
Robert Barnes
1939
The Human Duplicators
Dr. Munson
1965
Variety Girl
Walter Abel (uncredited)
1947
Miracle on Main Street
Jim Foreman
1939
Law of the Underworld
Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
1938
The Steel Jungle
Warden Bill Keller
1956
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
Judge
1976
Out of a Clear Sky
1918
The Man Without a Country
Col. A.B. Morgan
1973
Follow the Boys
Walter Abel (uncredited)
1944
Duffy's Tavern
Director
1945
An American Romance
Howard Clinton
1944
The Three Musketeers
D'Artagnan
1935
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
Dr. George Benedict
1940
Kiss and Tell
Harry Archer
1945
Bernardine
Mr. Beaumont
1957
The Hitler Gang
Narrator (voice)
1944
Twelve Angry Men
Juror #4
1954
Sincerely, Willis Wade
Mr. Wayde
1956
The North Wind's Malice
Tom
1920
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
1943
The Witness Chair
James Trent
1936Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Narrator
1965
Fired Wife
Chris McClelland
1943
Glamour Boy
Anthony J. Colder
1941
Racket Busters
Hugh Allison
1938
Green Light
John Stafford
1937We Went to College
Phil Talbot
1936
Second Wife
Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
1936
Liliom
Carpenter
1930
The Lady Consents
Stanley Ashton
1936
Skylark
George Gore
1941
Handle with Care
Prof. Roger Bowden
1958
Dream Girl
George Allerton
1948
Portia on Trial
Dan Foster
1937
The Fabulous Joe
Milo Terkel
1947
Picture in Your Mind
Narrator
1948First Offenders
Gregory Stone
1939