Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 â€" March 26, 1987) was an American film,
stage and radio actor.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. His brother Alfred died in 1922 from
tuberculosis contracted while serving overseas in World War I. Abel
was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter.Abel made his film
debut in 1918 with a small part in Out of a Clear Sky.He made his
Broadway debut in Forbidden in 1919. In 1924 he appeared in two Eugene
O'Neill plays simultaneously: Bound East for Cardiff at the
Provincetown Playhouse and Desire Under the Elms at the Greenwich
Village Theater. His many theatre credits include As You Like It
(1923), William Congreve's Love for Love (1925), Anton Chekhov's The
Seagull (1929-1930), Mourning Becomes Electra (1929), Kaufman and
Hart's Merrily We Roll Along (1934), and Trelawny of the 'Wells'
(1975). He also appeared in Channing Pollock's play The Enemy (1926)
with Fay Bainter. The play was adapted to film as The Enemy (1927)
with Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes. He made his stage debut in London
in the 1929 Coquette.
stage and radio actor.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. His brother Alfred died in 1922 from
tuberculosis contracted while serving overseas in World War I. Abel
was married to concert harpist Marietta Bitter.Abel made his film
debut in 1918 with a small part in Out of a Clear Sky.He made his
Broadway debut in Forbidden in 1919. In 1924 he appeared in two Eugene
O'Neill plays simultaneously: Bound East for Cardiff at the
Provincetown Playhouse and Desire Under the Elms at the Greenwich
Village Theater. His many theatre credits include As You Like It
(1923), William Congreve's Love for Love (1925), Anton Chekhov's The
Seagull (1929-1930), Mourning Becomes Electra (1929), Kaufman and
Hart's Merrily We Roll Along (1934), and Trelawny of the 'Wells'
(1975). He also appeared in Channing Pollock's play The Enemy (1926)
with Fay Bainter. The play was adapted to film as The Enemy (1927)
with Lillian Gish and Ralph Forbes. He made his stage debut in London
in the 1929 Coquette.
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