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Walter Abel

1898 - 1987

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Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American stage, film, and radio actor whose career spanned nearly seven decades. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Abel has received more than 269,166 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Walter Abel is the 9,011th most popular actor (down from 8,494th in 2019), the 13,222nd most popular biography from United States (down from 12,433rd in 2019) and the 4,226th most popular American Actor.

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  • 270k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.35

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Walter Abel ranks 9,011 out of 13,578. Before him are Ernie Sabella, Jodi Balfour, Briana Evigan, Anita Briem, Candice Patton, and Nahuel Pérez Biscayart. After him are Stefania Rocca, Kerri Green, Madge Evans, George Newbern, Mark Metcalf, and Elizabeth Lail.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Walter Abel ranks 314. Before him are Frank Sullivan, Tom Whittaker, William O. Douglas, Rod La Rocque, Doug Livingstone, and George Chandler. After him are Harry Edward, Jimmy Douglas, Haldor Halderson, Lee Tracy, and Harold Stephen Black. Among people deceased in 1987, Walter Abel ranks 257. Before him are Jimmy Mullen, Wim Lagendaal, Obafemi Awolowo, Esmond Knight, Aileen Meagher, and Jackie Fields. After him are Joseph Parecattil, Gus Johnson, Frank Carlson, Cathryn Damon, Jose W. Diokno, and Fela Sowande.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Abel ranks 13,222 out of 20,380. Before him are Jorge Masvidal (1984), Byron Scott (1961), Peter Yarrow (1938), David S. Johnson (1945), Patricia Goldman-Rakic (1937), and John Bryson (1943). After him are Alfred Lindley (1904), Ed Lu (1963), Kerri Green (1967), Brett Gurewitz (1962), Madge Evans (1909), and Deborah Feldman (1986).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Walter Abel ranks 4,226. Before him are Patricia Ellis (1915), Lake Bell (1979), Freddy Rodriguez (1975), Ernie Sabella (1949), Briana Evigan (1986), and Candice Patton (1985). After him are Kerri Green (1967), Madge Evans (1909), George Newbern (1964), Mark Metcalf (1946), Elizabeth Lail (1992), and Joshua Malina (1966).

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Television and Movie Roles

Fury
District Attorney
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Jun 5th 19367.475 / 10
Holiday Inn
Danny Reed
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gives him the brush. Jim's supper club, Holiday Inn, is the setting for the chase by Hanover and his manager.
Jan 1st 19427.02 / 10
Island in the Sky
Col. Fuller
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep his men alive in deadly conditions while awaiting rescue.
Sep 5th 19536.2 / 10