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 Pollocks 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Abel licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia