Victor Potel
Known for Acting · 282 credits
- Born
- 1889-10-12
- Died
- 1947-03-08
- Place of birth
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Vic Potel
Biography
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.
Known For
Movies (282)
The Lady Eve
1941
as Second Steward (uncredited)
Fury
1936
as Jorgeson (uncredited)
Captain Swagger
1928
as Jean
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as Cameraman
Mississippi
1935
as Guest (uncredited)
Twisted Rails
1934
as Tom Watson
Western Gold
1937
as Jasper
Christmas in July
1940
as Davenola Salesman
The Great McGinty
1940
as Cook (uncredited)
Doughboys
1930
as Svendenburg
Billions
1920
as Pushkin
Second Fiddle
1939
as Steve - Crane Operator
The Loafer
1912
Frontier Days
1934
as Deputy Tex Hatch
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Mr. McKeewie
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mr. Tompkins
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Three Godfathers
1936
as 'Buck Tooth'
Racing Romance
1926
as Constable
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Newspaper Editor
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Slim
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
The Virginian
1929
as Nebrasky
His Regeneration
1915
as Pawn Shop Clerk
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
The Egg and I
1947
as Crowbar
Three Faces West
1940
as Postman
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Train Fireman
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
Partners
1932
as Deputy Lem
Gun Play
1935
as Brawler (uncredited)
The Good Fellows
1943
as Branders (uncredited)
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Curly - Cowboy
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922
as Hiram Maxwell
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Prof. Potelle
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Loafer (uncredited)
Adventure's End
1937
as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
The Squaw Man
1931
as Andy
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Farmer
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
as Lanky
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Alex
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Smith, a Sailor
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Lars (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Lem Parker
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Suspect
The Great Moment
1944
as First Dental Patient
Face in the Sky
1933
as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Ranch Hand
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Reporter
A Lost Lady
1924
as Ivy Peters
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Little Casino
Sentimental Sophie
1915
as Slippery Slim
Who's Your Father?
1918
as Comedy Role
The Heart of a Child
1920
as Charley Peastone
Below the Line
1925
as 'Cuckoo' Niles
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
as Steve
Selling Shorts
1931
as Slim Bassil
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
as Man in Store
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
The Law Forbids
1924
as Joel Andrews
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Tall Saloon Cowboy
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
as Constable Sam
The Virtuous Sin
1930
as Sentry
On the Great White Trail
1938
as Lyons
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Coach Driver
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
as Slim Jensen
Contraband
1925
as George Bogardus
A Romance of the Hills
1913
The Bad One
1930
as Sailor
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Lem
Paradise Island
1930
as Swede
The Captain's Kid
1936
as Deputy Jake Hutchinson
The Glass Alibi
1946
as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
Down to the Sea
1936
as Andy
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
as The General
The Drunkard
1935
as Farmer Gates
Yellow Dust
1936
as Jugger - the Bartender
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
Man Hunt
1936
as Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
The Battle of Snakeville
1915
as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913
as Outlaw
Damaged Lives
1933
as Undetermined Role
White Bondage
1937
as Luke Stacey
Li'l Abner
1940
as Fantastic Brown
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
as Kinso
The Broken Coin
1936
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Reno
1923
as Detective McRae
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
The Last of the Clintons
1935
as Jed Clinton
Yankee Fakir
1947
as Contest Chairman
A Self-Made Failure
1924
as Pokey Jones
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Steve Brainard
What Price Beauty?
1928
Inside Information
1934
as Rice - Thin Detective
The Fighting Marines
1935
as Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914
as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915
as A Cattle Owner
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
as Bill Prouty
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Conductor
Border Romance
1929
as Slim
King of the Wild
1931
as Peterson
Just a Few Little Things
1916
as Archie
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914
as The Sheriff
Melody of Love
1928
as The Gawk
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913
as Dr. Huff
Call of the West
1930
as Trig Peters
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
Big Boy Rides Again
1935
as Ranch Foreman Scarface
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914
as The Storekeeper
Ten Days
1925
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928
as Tom Turner
About 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, ap… With 282 credits spanning from 1910 to 1947, Victor Potel has appeared in 282 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Lady Eve (1941) — as Second Steward (uncredited)
- Fury (1936) — as Jorgeson (uncredited)
- Captain Swagger (1928) — as Jean
- Sullivan's Travels (1941) — as Cameraman
- Mississippi (1935) — as Guest (uncredited)
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