Portrait of Walter Abel

Acting

Walter Abel

Career

Active from 1920 to 1985, busiest in 1936 with 6 main titles.

Leading roles
18
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for Fury
Fury
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Walter Abel Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.1, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    1.0, average 2.2
  • Uncanny
    1.4, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.5, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Drama 4
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Social Commentary 3
  • 1940s 2
  • Film Noir 2
  • Golden Age Cinema 2
  • Romance 2
  • Psychological 2
  • Class Conflict 2
  • Family-Friendly 2
  • Character Study 2
  • Melodrama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

75
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

1 title ยท average score 53
Grace Quigley
Grace Quigley (1985)
GoodWatch score 53

as Homer Morrison

1970s

3 titles ยท average score 56
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage
The American Woman: Portraits of Courage (1976)

as Judge

The Man Without a Country
The Man Without a Country (1973)
GoodWatch score 68

as Col. A.B. Morgan

Night of the Dark Full Moon
Night of the Dark Full Moon (1972)
GoodWatch score 44

as Mayor Adams

1960s

6 titles ยท average score 60
Mirage
Mirage (1965)
GoodWatch score 86

as Charles Stewart Calvin

The Human Duplicators
The Human Duplicators (1965)
GoodWatch score 26

as Dr. Munson

Israel: The Story of the Jewish People
Israel: The Story of the Jewish People (1965)

as Narrator

Quick, Let's Get Married
Quick, Let's Get Married (1964)
GoodWatch score 55

as Thief

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show

The Defenders
The Defenders (1961)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Ben Burke

1950s

17 titles ยท average score 58
Handle with Care
Handle with Care (1958)

as Prof. Roger Bowden

The Steel Jungle
The Steel Jungle (1956)
GoodWatch score 57

as Warden Bill Keller

The Indian Fighter
The Indian Fighter (1955)
GoodWatch score 54

as Captain Trask

The 20th Century Fox Hour
The 20th Century Fox Hour (1955)
GoodWatch score 65

TV show ยท as McKinley

Night People
Night People (1954)
GoodWatch score 66

as Maj. R.A. Foster

Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men (1954)
GoodWatch score 76

as Juror #4

Climax!
Climax! (1954)
GoodWatch score 51

TV show ยท as Stewart

Island in the Sky
Island in the Sky (1953)
GoodWatch score 75

as Col. Fuller

So This Is Love
So This Is Love (1953)
GoodWatch score 34

as Col. James Moore

The Ford Television Theatre
The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show

Tales of Tomorrow
Tales of Tomorrow (1951)
GoodWatch score 44

TV show

Robert Montgomery Presents
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)

TV show ยท as Harry Archer / Father

1940s

30 titles ยท average score 66
The Fabulous Joe
The Fabulous Joe (1947)

as Milo Terkel

13 Rue Madeleine
13 Rue Madeleine (1947)
GoodWatch score 72

as Charles Gibson

The Kid from Brooklyn
The Kid from Brooklyn (1946)
GoodWatch score 62

as Gabby Sloan

Kiss and Tell
Kiss and Tell (1945)
GoodWatch score 63

as Harry Archer

Mr. Skeffington
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
GoodWatch score 65

as George Trellis

An American Romance
An American Romance (1944)
GoodWatch score 71

as Howard Clinton

So Proudly We Hail
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
GoodWatch score 85

as Chaplain

Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn (1942)
GoodWatch score 81

as Danny Reed

Wake Island
Wake Island (1942)
GoodWatch score 72

as Cmdr. Roberts

Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
GoodWatch score 79

as Inspector Hammock

Glamour Boy
Glamour Boy (1941)

as Anthony J. Colder

Arise, My Love
Arise, My Love (1940)
GoodWatch score 67

as Phillips

1930s

17 titles ยท average score 63
Miracle on Main Street
Miracle on Main Street (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

as Jim Foreman

Law of the Underworld
Law of the Underworld (1938)
GoodWatch score 56

as Special Prosecutor Warren Rogers

Racket Busters
Racket Busters (1938)
GoodWatch score 53

as Hugh Allison

Wise Girl
Wise Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 60

as Karl

Portia on Trial
Portia on Trial (1937)

as Dan Foster

Green Light
Green Light (1937)
GoodWatch score 64

as John Stafford

Fury
Fury (1936)
GoodWatch score 87

as District Attorney

Two in the Dark
Two in the Dark (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Ford Adams

The Witness Chair
The Witness Chair (1936)
GoodWatch score 63

as James Trent

The Lady Consents
The Lady Consents (1936)

as Stanley Ashton

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

as D'Artagnan

Liliom
Liliom (1930)
GoodWatch score 66

as Carpenter

1920s

1 title
The North Wind's Malice
The North Wind's Malice (1920)

as Tom