Actor, Film Director. He will be best remembered for his role as the playwright 'George Bernard Shaw' in director Gerda King's biographical film, "Kjære løgnhals" (1964), which tells the story of the correspondence between the playwright and the actress Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and as 'Olof Nordgren' in the television mini-series "Skeppsredaren" in 1979. A highly respected and honored actor, artist, dancer, instructor, and choreographer, he was born Per Pavels Aabel in Oslo, Norway, to the Norwegian and Swedish silent film actor and comedian Hauk Erlendssøn Aabel and his wife actress Svanhild Johannessen Aabel. He studied dance with the famous Italian ballet teacher Enrico Cecchetti and at Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in London, England. He then attended the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, France, and trained with the legendary Austrian theatre director Max Reinhardt in Vienna, Austria, for a time before making his stage debut and going onto appear in Swedish film director Gustaf Molander's comedy, "Ombyte förnöjer" (1930). He spent the next several years as a principal actor and teacher with major theatre companies during the 1930s, in and around Oslo, Norway, and was the director of the Carl Johan Teatret from 1933 to 1938. He also worked with the Centralteatret from 1938 to 1940, and with the Nationaltheatret, beginning in 1940. After many years working in theatre, he began appearing in films during the 1940s. His film roles during that time include, "Kjærlighet og vennskap" (1942), "A Gentleman With Mustache" (1942), "Uncertain Glory" (1944), and "Et spøkelse forelsker seg" (1946). He later returned to the theatre during the 1950s but also continued working in films. His other film credits include, "Brudebuketten" (1953), "Portrettet" (1954), "Tre önskningar" (1960), "The Unscrupulous Ones" (1962), and "Home" (1972). In 1972, he retired from the Nationaltheatret after thirty-two years. He made a few more films during this time including, "Kjære Maren" (1976), "The Adventures Of Picasso" (1978, of which he was the narrator and the voice of the character, 'Margaretha Munthe'), and "Soloppgang i Riga" (1980). His last role was as "Knappestøperen" in the television movie, "Peer Gynt" (1986). In his later years, he continued to appear frequently at national events and artist anniversaries. For his contributions to entertainment, he was honored with a statue of himself by Norwegian sculptor Nina Emilie Sundbye in 1999, which stands outside the stage entrance of the Nationaltheatret in Oslo, Norway. He was also awarded the Karl Gerhard Honorary Award in 1970, Arets Peer Gynt in 1972, the St. Hallvard Medal in 1976, and the Amanda Honorary Award in 1988 and again in 1998. He was decorated as a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1978, and was decorated with the Grand Cross of St. Olav in 1988. The Per Aabel Honorary Award was also established in his honor in 1979. He passed away in his native Oslo, Norway, at the age of 97. At the time of his death, he was one of the oldest living working actors in the country of Norway. He was the brother of the actor Andreas Aabel. He was buried in the Vestre Gravlund in Oslo, Norway, with his father, mother, and brother.