- Films
- 34
- Avg rating
- 6.71
- Peak run
- 1941’44
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Walter by the numbers
Average
6.71
18 rated films
Vote weighted
6.74
bigger films count more
Median
6.8
half are better
Consistency
±0.67
rating spread
Career
55y
1930 to 1984
Total votes
96.6K
across every film
Best
7.8
Fury
Worst
5.2
Deathouse
Newest first
Filmography
| 1984 | Grace Quigley | Homer Morrison | 5.8 | 1,055 |
| 1972 | Deathouse | Mayor Adams | 5.2 | 5,619 |
| 1965 | Mirage | Calvin | 7.2 | 6,835 |
| 1957 | Bernardine | Mr. Beaumont | · | 296 |
| 1957 | Raintree County | T.D. Shawnessy | 6.3 | 4,872 |
| 1955 | The Indian Fighter | Captain Trask | 6.3 | 3,215 |
| 1954 | Night People | Maj. R.A. Foster, MD | 6.5 | 1,847 |
| 1953 | Island in the Sky | Col. Fuller | 6.8 | 4,200 |
| 1953 | So This Is Love | Colonel James Moore | · | 293 |
| 1948 | That Lady in Ermine | Major Horvath | 5.8 | 1,002 |
| 1947 | 13 Rue Madeleine | Charles Gibson | 6.9 | 3,341 |
| 1946 | The Kid from Brooklyn | Gabby Sloan | 6.5 | 1,422 |
| 1945 | The Affairs of Susan | Richard Aiken | · | 475 |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell | Harry Archer | · | 308 |
| 1944 | An American Romance | Howard Clinton | · | 699 |
| 1944 | Mr. Skeffington | George Trellis | 7.5 | 7,416 |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail! | Chaplain | 7.4 | 2,306 |
| 1942 |  Holiday Inn | Danny Reed | 7.3 | 19,644 |
| 1942 | Wake Island | Cmdr. Roberts | 6.6 | 2,523 |
| 1941 | Hold Back the Dawn | Inspector Hammock | 7.3 | 3,179 |
Better together?
Walter Abel's regulars
- Mark SandrichDirector and actor · 3 films · 7.35 avg▲+0.40
- Ray MillandCo-star · 3 films · 6.80 avg▲+0.18
- Frank BorzageDirector and actor · 2 films
- Mitchell LeisenDirector and actor · 2 films · 7.05 avg▲+0.19
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Walter Abel
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