Walter Abel
Actor, Film actor
1898 – 1987
Who was Walter Abel?
Walter Abel was an American stage and film character actor. Known as a prolific and very dependable character actor, Abel appeared in over 200 films, beginning in the silent film era. Often portraying characters of "responsibility,", Abel was a regular in films of the 1940s and 1950s, in particular. A distinctive bearing and direct gaze were two of his trademarks. His eyes were brown and his height was five feet ten inches.
Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine 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 play The Enemy with Fay Bainter. The play was adapted to film as The Enemy with Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes.
Abel was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter. He died of a myocardial infarction in Essex, Connecticut.
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- Born
- Jun 6, 1898
Saint Paul - Parents
- Spouses
- Marietta Bitter
(1926 - 1979/11/06)
- Marietta Bitter
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- American Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Lived in
- Saint Paul
- Died
- Mar 26, 1987
Essex
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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