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person_profile-Victor Potel

Victor Potel Died at age: 57

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Victor Potel

Date of Birth:

Oct 12, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Mar 08, 1947

Biography of

Victor Potel

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 – March 8, 1947) was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in over 430 films in his 38-year career.

    Victor Potel was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1889, and his acting career goes back almost to the beginning of the commercial film industry in the United States. He made his first silent film in 1910, a comedy short filmed in Chicago by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company called A Dog on Business. Potel continued to make films for Essanay, appearing in dozens of films every year, including most of the Broncho Billy series, and played a character called "Slippery Slim" in 80 movies. He also appeared in Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series.

    Potel's first talking picture was Melody of Love, starring Walter Pidgeon, made for Universal in 1928. and in the sound era he continued to work continuously and constantly, playing small parts and sometimes uncredited bit parts, all primarily comic roles due to his height (6 ft 1 in or 1.85 m) and gawkiness.

    In addition to acting, on several occasions Potel also wrote and directed. In the 1920s he directed two silent shorts, The Rubber-Neck in 1924 and Action Craver in 1927, and contributed the story for Saxophobia in 1927. In the following decade, in the sound era, he was the dialogue director for The Big Chance (1933), and wrote the story for Inside Information in 1934). In 1935 he provided continuity and dialogue for Million Dollar Haul and the screenplay for Hot Off the Press. In the 1940s, Potel was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges.

    Potel continued to work right up until his death on 8 March 1947. The final film he worked on, Relentless finished filming on 28 February of that year.

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Filmography of

Victor Potel

Found 116 Movies in total

The Egg and I

Crowbar ( Actor )

... 1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

Prof. Potelle ( Actor )

... 1947

Yankee Fakir

Contest Chairman ( Actor )

... 1947

The Glass Alibi

Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel) ( Actor )

... 1946

Rhythm Round-Up

Slim Jensen ( Actor )

... 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

Train Fireman ( Actor )

... 1945

A Medal for Benny

Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Newspaper Editor ( Actor )

... 1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

Progressive Bandleader (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Great Moment

First Dental Patient ( Actor )

... 1944

... 1944

The Good Fellows

Branders (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Man in the Trunk

Deaf Floor Man (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1942

The Palm Beach Story

Mr. McKeewie ( Actor )

... 1942

Sullivan's Travels

Cameraman ( Actor )

... 1941

Ride on Vaquero

Ole ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Pot o' Gold

Olaf Svenson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

The Lady Eve

Second Steward (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1941

Trail of the Vigilantes

Conductor ( Actor )

... 1940

Li'l Abner

Fantastic Brown ( Actor )

... 1940

Christmas in July

Davenola Salesman ( Actor )

... 1940

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Policeman (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

The Great McGinty

Cook (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Girl from God's Country

Barber ( Actor )

... 1940

Three Faces West

Postman ( Actor )

... 1940

Young Tom Edison

Mr. Tompkins ( Actor )

... 1940

Slightly Honorable

Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Chip of the Flying U

Station Agent ( Actor )

... 1939

Rovin' Tumbleweeds

Man in Store ( Actor )

... 1939

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Lars (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

... 1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

Slim ( Actor )

... 1939

Second Fiddle

Steve - Crane Operator ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1939

Let Freedom Ring

Ole Swensen (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

Stand Up and Fight

Coach Driver ( Actor )

... 1939

... 1938

... 1938

The Girl of the Golden West

Lem - Stagecoach Driver ( Actor )

... 1938

Adventure's End

Tall Sailor (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Western Gold

Jasper ( Actor )

... 1937

White Bondage

Luke Stacey ( Actor )

... 1937

Two Gun Law

Cassius ( Actor )

... 1937

God's Country and the Woman

Turpentine ( Actor )

... 1937

Laughing at Trouble

Lem Parker ( Actor )

... 1936

The Captain's Kid

Deputy Jake Hutchinson ( Actor )

... 1936

Fury

Jorgeson (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

O'Malley of the Mounted

Gabby - the Cook ( Actor )

... 1936

Yellow Dust

Jugger - the Bartender ( Actor )

... 1936

Three Godfathers

'Buck Tooth' ( Actor )

... 1936

Song of the Saddle

Little Casino ( Actor )

... 1936

Man Hunt

Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Gun Play

Brawler (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

The Fighting Marines

Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12] ( Actor )

... 1935

The Last of the Clintons

Jed Clinton ( Actor )

... 1935

Moonlight on the Prairie

Tall Saloon Cowboy ( Actor )

... 1935

Shipmates Forever

Loafer (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

She Couldn't Take It

Farmer ( Actor )

... 1935

Waterfront Lady

Alex ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Western Frontier

Slim ( Actor )

... 1935

Whispering Smith Speaks

Bill Prouty ( Actor )

... 1935

The Drunkard

Farmer Gates ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1935

Mississippi

Guest ( Actor )

... 1935

Ruggles of Red Gap

Curly - Cowboy ( Actor )

... 1935

Big Boy Rides Again

Ranch Foreman Scarface ( Actor )

... 1935

Frontier Days

Deputy Tex Hatch ( Actor )

... 1934

Thunder Over Texas

Dick ( Actor )

... 1934

Inside Information

Rice - Thin Detective ( Actor )

Story

... 1934

Twisted Rails

Tom Watson ( Actor )

... 1934

Damaged Lives

Undetermined Role ( Actor )

... 1933

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum

The General ( Actor )

... 1933

Face in the Sky

Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1933

Partners

Deputy Lem ( Actor )

... 1932

The Squaw Man

Andy ( Actor )

... 1931

King of the Wild

Peterson ( Actor )

... 1931

Scandal Sheet

Reporter ( Actor )

... 1931

Ten Cents a Dance

Smith, a Sailor ( Actor )

... 1931

... 1930

The Virtuous Sin

Sentry ( Actor )

... 1930

Doughboys

Svendenburg ( Actor )

... 1930

Paradise Island

Swede ( Actor )

... 1930

Call of the West

Trig Peters ( Actor )

... 1930

The Bad One

Sailor ( Actor )

... 1930

The Virginian

Nebrasky ( Actor )

... 1929

Border Romance

Slim ( Actor )

... 1929

Captain Swagger

Jean ( Actor )

... 1928

Melody of Love

The Gawk ( Actor )

... 1928

... 1928

... 1928

Below the Line

'Cuckoo' Niles ( Actor )

... 1925

... 1925

A Lost Lady

Ivy Peters ( Actor )

... 1924

The Law Forbids

Joel Andrews ( Actor )

... 1924

Reno

Detective McRae ( Actor )

... 1923

Quincy Adams Sawyer

Hiram Maxwell ( Actor )

... 1922

The Loaded Door

Slim ( Actor )

... 1922

A Tailor-Made Man

Peter ( Actor )

... 1922

Step on It!

Noisy Johnson ( Actor )

... 1922

... 1922

One a Minute

Jingo Pitts ( Actor )

... 1921

Lavender and Old Lace

Joe Pendleton ( Actor )

... 1921

Bob Hampton of Placer

Willie McNeil ( Actor )

... 1921

Billions

Pushkin ( Actor )

... 1920

The Heart of a Child

Charley Peastone ( Actor )

... 1920

Mary's Ankle

Johnny Stokes ( Actor )

... 1920

Water, Water, Everywhere

Steve Brainard ( Actor )

... 1920

Full of Pep

Beanpole ( Actor )

... 1919

Captain Kidd, Jr.

Constable Sam ( Actor )

... 1919