Walter Abel
Birthday: 1898-06-06 | Place of Birth: St. Paul, Minnesota, USAWalter 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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Acting
Role
as Mayor Adams
as Charles Stewart Calvin
as Prof. Roger Bowden
as T.D. Shawnessy
as Warden Bill Keller
as Captain Trask
as Maj. R.A. Foster
as Col. Fuller
as Major Horvath / Benvenuto
as Charles Gibson
as Gabby Sloan
as George Trellis
as Narrator
as Chaplain
as Cmdr. Roberts
as Danny Reed
as Prof. Thornton
as George Gore
as Inspector Hammock
as Dr. George Benedict
as Elliott Thomas
as Judge
as M. Phillips
as Hugh Allison
as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers
as John Stafford
as District Attorney
as Ford Adams
as D'Artagnan
