Walter Steele

Walter Steele is the CFO of Starling National Bank, formerly the CEO of Queen Consolidated. He is also the best friend of the late Robert Queen, the ex-husband of the late Moira Queen, and the ex-step-father of Oliver and Thea Queen.

Both Thea and Oliver, however, seem to have come to regard Walter as family in his own right. In 2007, Walter came to his boss and best friend, Robert Queen, to ask for him to sign some papers. Walter offered to talk, and Robert thanked him. It's assumed this was the last time they saw each other before Robert's death. In 2012, when his apparently dead step-son, Oliver, returned from a 5-year-long shipwreck, Walter greeted him with warm and open arms. Initially, there was some distrust between the two, but eventually they began to grow on one another. Walter became suspicious of Moira after she fabricated a story about investing in a friend's business to explain away an account discrepancy that Walter was trying to reconcile for Queen Consolidated.

Publication Information

Arrow : Walter Steele
Version : The Arrow Series
Multiverse : Earth One
Known As :
Type :
- CFO of Starling National Bank
- Formerly CEO of Queen Consolidated
Relative :
Location : Starling City, United State
Season : Arrow
First Appeareance : Arrow Season 1 Episod 1 : Pilot
Last Appeareance :
Number of Appeareance :
Potrayer : Colin Salmon
Main View : Full Episod

Suspicions on Moira

Moira, after learning from Oliver that Walter was apparently dead, approached Malcolm in anger. He promptly provided a live video feed to Walter being held in a cell. Following this, Oliver, after some research, discovered the location where Walter was being kept. Oliver, in his guise as The Hood, then rescued Walter. Walter, though not visibly injured, ended up at the hospital. His family greeted him warmly, and Felicity Smoak brought him a bouquet of flowers. Shortly after returning home, Walter told Moira he wanted a divorce, as he had long since realized she was involved in his abduction.

Chief Financial Officer of Starling National Bank

Roughly five months following his divorce from Moira and the Glades Earthquake, Walter had since moved on from Queen Consolidated and is the Chief Financial Officer of Starling National Bank. Oliver went to Walter for help in saving the company from falling into the hands of Isabel Rochev. Walter more than happily obliged, noting that he was happy that Oliver knew he could still go to him for help, commenting that his father would be proud of him. Walter allowed Oliver to get a loan from the bank, and he bought the remaining stock of Queen Consolidated, making Oliver and Isabel equal partners in Queen Consolidated.