Mr. Skeffington1944
As George Trellis
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Walter Abel
Born
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.
Filmography (67)
Fury1936
As District Attorney
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Night People1954
As Maj. R.A. Foster
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Indian Fighter1955
As Captain Trask
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Raintree County1957
As T.D. Shawnessy
TMDb 6.4 / 10
So Proudly We Hail1943
As Chaplain
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Hold Back the Dawn1941
As Inspector Hammock
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Holiday Inn1942
As Danny Reed
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Island in the Sky1953
As Col. Fuller
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Grace Quigley1985
As Homer Morrison
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Mirage1965
As Charles Stewart Calvin
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dance, Girl, Dance1940
As Judge
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Quick, Let's Get Married1964
As Thief
TMDb 3.5 / 10
Men with Wings1938
As Nick Ranson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Wake Island1942
As Cmdr. Roberts
TMDb 5.9 / 10
13 Rue Madeleine1947
As Charles Gibson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Night of the Dark Full Moon1972
As Mayor Adams
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Follow the Boys1944
As Walter Abel (uncredited)
TMDb 5.7 / 10
Variety Girl1947
As Walter Abel (uncredited)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
So This Is Love1953
As Col. James Moore
TMDb 4.3 / 10
The Kid from Brooklyn1946
As Gabby Sloan
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Wise Girl1937
As Karl
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Arise, My Love1940
As Phillips
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage1976
As Judge
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Affairs of Susan1945
As Richard Aiken
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Beyond the Blue Horizon1942
As Prof. Thornton
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Michael Shayne: Private Detective1940
As Elliott Thomas
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Law of the Underworld1938
As Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
TMDb 5.8 / 10
That Lady in Ermine1948
As Major Horvath / Benvenuto
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Human Duplicators1965
As Dr. Munson
TMDb 3.7 / 10
Star Spangled Rhythm1942
As B.G. DeSoto
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Two in the Dark1936
As Ford Adams
TMDb 6.1 / 10
An American Romance1944
As Howard Clinton
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Man Without a Country1973
As Col. A.B. Morgan
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Three Musketeers1935
As D'Artagnan
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Hitler Gang1944
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.3 / 10
King of the Turf1939
As Robert Barnes
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Lady Consents1936
As Stanley Ashton
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Duffy's Tavern1945
As Director
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Witness Chair1936
As James Trent
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Glamour Boy1941
As Anthony J. Colder
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Green Light1937
As John Stafford
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Kiss and Tell1945
As Harry Archer
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Miracle on Main Street1939
As Jim Foreman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?1940
As Dr. George Benedict
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Out of a Clear Sky1918
The Steel Jungle1956
As Warden Bill Keller
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith1943
As Jack, a Flyer, Opening Narrator
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Bernardine1957
As Mr. Beaumont
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Racket Busters1938
As Hugh Allison
TMDb 5.6 / 10
The Fabulous Joe1947
As Milo Terkel
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Portia on Trial1937
As Dan Foster
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Second Wife1936
As Kenneth Carpenter Sr.
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Liliom1930
As Carpenter
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Skylark1941
As George Gore
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Handle with Care1958
As Prof. Roger Bowden
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Fired Wife1943
As Chris McClelland
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Dream Girl1948
As George Allerton
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Twelve Angry Men1954
As Juror #4
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People1965
As Narrator
We Went to College
We Went to College1936
As Phil Talbot
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Sincerely, Willis Wade1956
As Mr. Wayde
TMDb 8.0 / 10
The North Wind's Malice1920
As Tom
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Picture in Your Mind1948
As Narrator
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes1956
First Offenders
First Offenders1939
As Gregory Stone
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Filmography and biography: TMDb