Walter Abel
Highest Rated: 100% So Proudly We Hail (1943)
Lowest Rated: 10% Raintree County (1957)
Birthday: Jun 6, 1898
Birthplace: St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
A prolific staple of Hollywood cinema for over a generation, Walter Abel may not have duplicated some of his early New York stage successes in leading roles once he relocated to the film world out West, but his was a versatile and an intelligent talent. His attractively open face, with its trademark trim mustache, lent a dapper yet sincere quality to the many harried professionals he played so well.
Photos
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 82% | Reagan | Self | - | 2011 |
| No Score Yet | 31% | The Ultimate Solution of Grace Quigley | Homer Morrison (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Man Without a Country | Col. A.B. Morgan (Character) | - | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Silent Night, Bloody Night | Mayor Adams (Character) | - | 1972 |
| 100% | 75% | Mirage | Charles Stewart Calvin (Character) | - | 1965 |
| 10% | 51% | Raintree County | T.D. Shawnessy (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Bernardine | Mr. Beaumont (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Steel Jungle | Warden Bill Keller (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 38% | The Indian Fighter | Captain Trask (Character) | - | 1955 |
| 86% | 43% | Night People | Maj. R.A. Foster, MD (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | 0% | So This Is Love | Colonel James Moore (Character) | - | 1953 |
| 83% | 62% | Island in the Sky | Colonel Fuller (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | That Lady in Ermine |
Major Horvath/ |
- | 1948 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Fabulous Joe | Milo Terkel (Character) | - | 1947 |
| 83% | 54% | 13 rue Madeleine | Charles Gibson (Character) | - | 1946 |
| 60% | 68% | The Kid From Brooklyn | Gabby Sloan (Character) | - | 1946 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kiss and Tell | Harry Archer (Character) | - | 1945 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Affairs of Susan | Richard Aiken (Character) | - | 1945 |
| 86% | 40% | An American Romance | Howard Clinton (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 57% | 80% | Mr. Skeffington | George Trellis (Character) | - | 1944 |
| 100% | 81% | So Proudly We Hail | Chaplain (Character) | - | 1943 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fired Wife | Chris McClelland (Character) | - | 1943 |
| 100% | 86% | Holiday Inn | Danny Reed (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 88% | 48% | Wake Island | Cmdr. Roberts (Character) | - | 1942 |
| 100% | 78% | Hold Back the Dawn | Inspector Hammock (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Skylark | George Gore (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | 73% | Michael Shayne, Private Detective | Elliott Thomas (Character) | - | 1941 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Glamour Boy | Anthony J. Colder (Character) | - | 1941 |
| 83% | 64% | Dance, Girl, Dance | Judge (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Arise, My Love | Mr. Phillips (Character) | - | 1940 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Miracle on Main Street | Jim Foreman (Character) | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Law of the Underworld | Warren Rogers (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | 50% | Racket Busters | Hugh Allison (Character) | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Portia on Trial | Unknown (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Green Light | Doctor John Stafford (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Wise Girl | Karl Stevens (Character) | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady Consents | Stanley Ashton (Character) | - | 1936 |
| 100% | 89% | Fury | District Attorney (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Two in the Dark | Ford Adams (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Wife | Kenneth Carpenter Sr. (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Witness Chair | James "Jim" Trent (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Went to College | Phil Talbot (Character) | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Three Musketeers | D'Artagnan (Character) | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | 60% | Liliom | Carpenter (Character) | - | 1930 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The North Wind's Malice | Tom (Character) | - | 1920 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Farmer's Daughter | Todd (Guest Star) | 1963 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The 20th Century-Fox Hour | Unknown (Character) | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Climax! | Unknown (Character) | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tales of Tomorrow | Unknown (Character) | 1952 |