Walter Abel
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.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8781 |
| Birthday | 1898-06-05 |
| Place of Birth | Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA |
| Also Known As |
1976
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
7/1
Developed from Anne Grant's book, Our North American Foremothers, this film recreates historical moments and women who fought for equality and freedom...
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The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
1942
Holiday Inn
7.038/221
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gi...
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Holiday Inn
1953
Island in the Sky
6.321/70
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must ke...
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Island in the Sky
1972
Night of the Dark Full Moon
5.107/103
A man investigates the grisly crimes that occurred in a former insane asylum, unsettling the locals who all seem to have something to hide.
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Night of the Dark Full Moon
1936
Fury
7.469/255
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wr...
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Fury
1936
Second Wife
7/1
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to leave Wife Number Two alone during childbirth.
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Second Wife
1944
Mr. Skeffington
6.826/69
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Mr. Skeffington
1942
Wake Island
5.926/27
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island b...
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Wake Island
1957
Raintree County
6.441/59
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susa...
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Raintree County
1947
13 Rue Madeleine
6.115/39
Bob Sharkey, an instructor of would-be spies for the Allied Office of Strategic Services, becomes suspicious of one of the latest batch of students, B...
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13 Rue Madeleine
1965
Mirage
7.064/117
After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out...
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Mirage
1941
Hold Back the Dawn
6.67/50
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert...
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Hold Back the Dawn
1948
That Lady in Ermine
6.026/19
Circa 1861, Angelina, ruling countess of an Italian principality, is at a loss when invaded by a Hungarian army. Her lookalike ancestress Francesca, w...
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That Lady in Ermine
1956
The Steel Jungle
5.625/8
The tale of a young bookie, married to a beautiful woman who goes to jail, and becomes involved with hoodlums.
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The Steel Jungle
1955
The Indian Fighter
6.355/83
A scout leading a wagon train through hostile Indian country gets involved with a Sioux chief's daughter.
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The Indian Fighter
1954
Night People
6.167/36
A US intelligence officer, stationed in Germany, is caught in a political dilemma when the Russians kidnap a young Army private, the son of prominent...
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Night People
1938
Racket Busters
5.462/13
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
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Racket Busters
1941
Skylark
6.786/7
As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. J...
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Skylark
1941
Glamour Boy
6.5/2
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...
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Glamour Boy
1942
Beyond the Blue Horizon
6/3
A young girl's parents are killed on a tropical island, and the girl is raised and protected by the jungle animals. When she is found, as a grown woma...
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Beyond the Blue Horizon
1940
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
6.583/12
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulett...
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Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1942
Star Spangled Rhythm
6.182/11
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
1946
The Kid from Brooklyn
6.286/14
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspaper...
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The Kid from Brooklyn
1943
So Proudly We Hail
5.865/26
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped beh...
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So Proudly We Hail
1930
Liliom
6.824/17
A carousel barker falls in love with a young woman. Both are fired from their jobs, and when the young woman becomes pregnant, the carousel barker tri...
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Liliom
1935
The Three Musketeers
6.938/8
In 17th century France, young d'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers — Athos, Porthos, and A...
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The Three Musketeers
1947
Variety Girl
6.455/11
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful...
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Variety Girl
1940
Arise, My Love
6.313/24
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.
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Arise, My Love
1944
An American Romance
6.091/11
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
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An American Romance
1937
Wise Girl
7.143/7
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with their uncle in Greenwich Village. Once she finds them...
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Wise Girl
1945
The Affairs of Susan
6.45/10
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Sus...
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The Affairs of Susan
1936
Two in the Dark
6.1/10
When Mr. X (Walter Able) wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to a murder of a well-known producer.
Fast talking M...
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Two in the Dark
1938
Law of the Underworld
5.8/5
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
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Law of the Underworld
1983
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
7/3
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo...
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1940
Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
5.5/4
When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and "friends" fall under suspicion. Sheriff Gregory is the of...
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Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1948
Dream Girl
5/8
A young woman spends much of her time fantasizing about what might be, but a realistic admirer tries to convince her to live the life she has.
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Dream Girl
1943
Fired Wife
5.625/4
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her ne...
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Fired Wife
1953
So This Is Love
4.333/6
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953.
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So This Is Love
1938
Men with Wings
5.4/5
Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight....
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Men with Wings
1958
Handle with Care
8.167/3
A law student working on a class project discovers a real-life crime.
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Handle with Care
1945
Kiss and Tell
6.333/6
Film adaptation of the Broadway hit, about the comic mayhem that erupts in a small town when a 15-year old high-schooler (Shirley Temple) is wrongly s...
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Kiss and Tell
1936
The Lady Consents
6.4/5
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.
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The Lady Consents
1936
We Went to College
6/3
Middle-aged couples try to reclaim their youth at a college homecoming.
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We Went to College
1939
Miracle on Main Street
5.447/19
On Christmas Eve in the Spanish quarter of L.A. police try to arrest a couple running a shady floor show. Hiding in a church, the young woman finds an...
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Miracle on Main Street
1964
Quick, Let's Get Married
3.5/4
Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.
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Quick, Let's Get Married
1939
First Offenders
7/1
A crusading and reform-minded District Attorney gives up his position in order to open establish a farm that gives juvenile delinquents and first-offe...
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First Offenders
1936
The Witness Chair
6.571/7
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking t...
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The Witness Chair
1937
Portia on Trial
5.875/8
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon. Ironically, Portia herself had o...
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Portia on Trial
1954
Twelve Angry Men
7.99/48
Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television series. Initially staged as a CBS live production on 20 S...
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Twelve Angry Men
1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
6.359/71
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career...
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Dance, Girl, Dance
1937
Green Light
6.667/9
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research...
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Green Light
1944
Follow the Boys
5.727/11
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical...
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Follow the Boys
1944
The Hitler Gang
6.3/10
The Hitler Gang adopts the style of a gangster film as it charts Adolf Hitler’s rise from small-time politico to dictator of Germany.
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The Hitler Gang
1945
Duffy's Tavern
6.375/8
The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.
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Duffy's Tavern
1965
The Human Duplicators
3.614/22
An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.
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The Human Duplicators
1985
Grace Quigley
6.063/16
Grace Quigley is nearing the end of her life, living alone in her New York apartment. On the day she's being evicted, she witnesses a murder being com...
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Grace Quigley
1947
The Fabulous Joe
5.5/6
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he retu...
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The Fabulous Joe
1973
The Man Without a Country
6.5/2
At his court-martial, an American Army officer renounces his country. For his punishment he is ordered to spend the rest of his life on a ship that sa...
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The Man Without a Country
1948
Picture in Your Mind
0/0
Sent by the U.S. government as a participant in the Marshall Plan with a specific mission to assist the French in re-gearing their animation studios,...
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Picture in Your Mind
1939
King of the Turf
7/2
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has...
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King of the Turf
1943
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
8.5/2
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the U...
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The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1957
Bernardine
7.6/5
A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.
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Bernardine
1920
The North Wind's Malice
8/1
When Lois Folsom's continual complaints about her husband Roger's sloppiness finally drive him out of the house, Lois seeks solace in the company of t...
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The North Wind's Malice
1965
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
0/0
One of the first American film introductions to Israel, this vitally interesting country - both objective and thought-provoking. Philip Stapp's animat...
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Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
1956
Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
0/0
Film from the leading American producer of aluminum illustrating the versatility of the material in building and design. Color and Texture in Aluminum...
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Color and Texture in Aluminum Finishes
1956
Sincerely, Willis Wade
8/1
A wealthy mill owner finances the education of a clever, but poor, young man.
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Sincerely, Willis Wade
1918
Out of a Clear Sky
0/0
A Belgian countess escapes to America to avoid a loveless marriage and finds romance and adventure in a mountain village in Tennessee.
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