Walter Abel

Born: 1898-06-05

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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Holiday Inn

as Danny Reed
Released: 1942-01-01

Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants...

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Mirage

as Charles Stewart Calvin
Released: 1965-10-29

In New York City, David Stillwell struggles to recover his memory before the people who are...

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The Indian Fighter

as Captain Trask
Released: 1955-12-21

A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's...

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Night of the Dark Full Moon

as Mayor Adams
Released: 1972-11-01

A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the...

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Fury

as District Attorney
Released: 1936-06-05

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...

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Raintree County

as T.D. Shawnessy
Released: 1957-12-20

In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is...

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Mr. Skeffington

as George Trellis
Released: 1944-05-25

A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her...

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Island in the Sky

as Col. Fuller
Released: 1953-09-05

A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of...

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Dance, Girl, Dance

as Judge
Released: 1940-08-30

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...

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Beyond the Blue Horizon

as Prof. Thornton
Released: 1942-06-25

A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by...

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So Proudly We Hail

as Chaplain
Released: 1943-09-09

During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head...

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Duffy's Tavern

as Director
Released: 1945-09-28

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner...

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13 Rue Madeleine

as Charles Gibson
Released: 1947-01-15

Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services,...

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Wake Island

as Cmdr. Roberts
Released: 1942-08-11

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries...

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The Kid from Brooklyn

as Gabby Sloan
Released: 1946-03-21

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer...

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Law of the Underworld

as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
Released: 1938-05-06

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal...

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Miracle on Main Street

as Jim Foreman
Released: 1939-12-19

On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady...

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Hold Back the Dawn

as Inspector Hammock
Released: 1941-09-26

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...

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Night People

as Maj. R.A. Foster
Released: 1954-03-11

A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the...

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The Human Duplicators

as Dr. Munson
Released: 1965-03-03

An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and...

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Variety Girl

as Walter Abel (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-29

Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...

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That Lady in Ermine

as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
Released: 1948-08-24

Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a...

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Follow the Boys

as Walter Abel (uncredited)
Released: 1944-05-05

During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every...

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The Three Musketeers

as D'Artagnan
Released: 1935-11-01

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He...

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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas,...

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The Lady Consents

as Stanley Ashton
Released: 1936-02-07

Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer...

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Michael Shayne: Private Detective

as Elliott Thomas
Released: 1940-12-19

Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter...

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Grace Quigley

as Homer Morrison
Released: 1985-05-17

Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day...

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Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Dr. George Benedict
Released: 1940-11-01

When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and...

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Arise, My Love

as M. Phillips
Released: 1940-11-08

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as...

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The Witness Chair

as James Trent
Released: 1936-04-23

Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley...

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Liliom

as Carpenter
Released: 1930-09-27

A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the...

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Star Spangled Rhythm

as B.G. DeSoto
Released: 1942-03-05

Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...

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Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #4
Released: 1954-09-20

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television...

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Portia on Trial

as Dan Foster
Released: 1937-11-08

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...

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Men with Wings

as Nick Ranson
Released: 1938-07-16

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...

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So This Is Love

as Col. James Moore
Released: 1953-07-15

Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.

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Wise Girl

as Karl
Released: 1937-12-31

Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with...

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The Hitler Gang

as Narrator
Released: 1944-04-26

The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from...

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Racket Busters

as Hugh Allison
Released: 1938-07-16

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

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Kiss and Tell

as Harry Archer
Released: 1945-10-04

Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a...

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An American Romance

as Howard Clinton
Released: 1944-04-16

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

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The Steel Jungle

as Warden Bill Keller
Released: 1956-03-10

The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved...

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The Affairs of Susan

as Richard Aiken
Released: 1945-07-08

Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three...

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Picture in Your Mind

as Narrator
Released: 1948-04-04

Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to...

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Glamour Boy

as Anthony J. Colder
Released: 1941-12-05

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He...

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Two in the Dark

as Ford Adams
Released: 1936-01-10

Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he...

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King of the Turf

as Robert Barnes
Released: 1939-02-17

Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death...

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Handle with Care

as Prof. Roger Bowden
Released: 1958-04-18

A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.

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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage

as Judge
Released: 1976-05-20

Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical...

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Fired Wife

as Chris McClelland
Released: 1943-09-04

A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it...

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Green Light

as John Stafford
Released: 1937-02-20

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...

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The Man Without a Country

as Col. A.B. Morgan
Released: 1973-04-24

At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is...

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Bernardine

as Mr. Beaumont
Released: 1957-07-24

A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

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The Confession

as The Thief
Released: 1964-05-22

Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.

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The Fabulous Joe

as Milo Terkel
Released: 1947-08-28

Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a...

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Second Wife

as Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
Released: 1936-08-21

Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced...

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Skylark

as George Gore
Released: 1941-11-21

As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always...

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Dream Girl

as George Allerton
Released: 1948-07-27

A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer...

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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith

as Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
Released: 1943-09-09

Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and...

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The North Wind's Malice

as Tom
Released: 1920-10-17

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Harry Archer
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as Father
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Climax!

as Stewart
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as uncredited
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Philco Television Playhouse

as Macduff
First aired: 1948-10-03

The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC...

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The Defenders

as Ben Burke
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Studio One

as Juror #4
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The 20th Century Fox Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-10-05

The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States...

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Tales of Tomorrow

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-08-03

Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and...

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