Victor Potel
Known for Acting · 284 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 (284)
His Regeneration
1915
as Pawn Shop Clerk
Partners
1932
as Deputy Lem
Refuge
1923
as Alphonse
Captain Swagger
1928
as Jean
Sentimental Sophie
1915
as Slippery Slim
Itching Palms
1923
as The Village Dumbbell
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as Cameraman
Sophie's Home-Coming
1915
as Slippery Slim
A Lost Lady
1924
as Ivy Peters
Frontier Days
1934
as Deputy Tex Hatch
Contraband
1925
as George Bogardus
Fury
1936
as Jorgeson (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
1941
as Second Steward (uncredited)
Sophie's Hero
1913
as Slippery Slim
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Smith, a Sailor
Racing Romance
1926
as Constable
Sophie Pulls a Good One
1914
as Slippery Slim
In Mizzoura
1919
as Dave
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Jeff Thompson
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
1914
as Slippery Slim
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mr. Tompkins
Gun Play
1935
as Brawler (uncredited)
Pie for Sophie
1914
as Snicklefritz
The Sheik of Hollywood
1923
Billions
1920
as Pushkin
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Train Fireman
Sophie Gets Stung
1914
as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
The Meanest Man in the World
1923
as Lute Boon
Below the Line
1925
as 'Cuckoo' Niles
The Loafer
1912
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Snakeville's Rising Sons
1914
as Slippery Slim
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921
as Willie McNeil
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914
Down to the Sea
1936
as Andy
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922
as Hiram Maxwell
Mary's Ankle
1920
as Johnny Stokes
Who's Your Father?
1918
as Comedy Role
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Mr. McKeewie
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
King of the Wild
1931
as Peterson
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914
as Slippery Slim
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Coach Driver
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
The Wooing of Sophie
1914
as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
as Kinso
Modern Matrimony
1923
as Junior Rutherford
Morganson's Finish
1926
as Ole Jensen
Sophie's Sweetheart
1914
as Slippery Slim
Sophie Starts Something
1914
as Slippery Slim
Sophie Finds a Hero
1914
as Slippery Slim
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Farmer
Snakeville's New Waitress
1914
as Slippery Slim
Ingomar of the Hills
1915
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Lem Parker
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
Face in the Sky
1933
as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Lavender and Old Lace
1921
as Joe Pendleton
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Newspaper Editor
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Curly - Cowboy
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Alex
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Suspect
The Egg and I
1947
as Crowbar
The Squaw Man
1931
as Andy
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915
as Slippery Slim
A Romance of the Hills
1913
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914
as Slippery Slim
A Gamblers' Way
1914
as The Bartender
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914
as Slippery Slim
Call of the West
1930
as Trig Peters
The Bad One
1930
as Sailor
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Prof. Potelle
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914
as Slippery Slim
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914
as Slippery Slim
Town Hall, Tonight
1911
as The Tall Schultz Brother
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914
as The Sheriff
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
1914
as Slippery Slim
The Loaded Door
1922
as Slim
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Slim
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Reporter
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
Mississippi
1935
as Guest (uncredited)
Second Fiddle
1939
as Steve - Crane Operator
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
1913
as Slippery Slim
A Horse on Sophie
1914
as Slippery Slim
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Conductor
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Loafer (uncredited)
An Indian's Friendship
1912
The Good Fellows
1943
as Branders (uncredited)
Snakeville's Blind Pig
1914
as Slippery Slim
Ride on Vaquero
1941
as Ole
Alkali Ike's Auto
1911
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915
as Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Pants
1912
The Battle of Snakeville
1915
as Slippery Slim
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914
as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy Reforms
1913
as A Thief
Christmas in July
1940
as Davenola Salesman
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
as Steve
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
A Story of Montana
1912
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Ranch Hand
Adventure's End
1937
as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
The Last Laugh
1913
The Two Reformations
1911
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Lem
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939
as Slim
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
A Cowboy's Vindication
1910
Inside Information
1934
as Rice - Thin Detective
The Amateur Adventuress
1919
as Gregory Charles Sentel
Alkali Ike Stung!
1912
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 284 credits spanning from 1910 to 1947, Victor Potel has appeared in 284 films and 0 TV shows.
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- His Regeneration (1915) — as Pawn Shop Clerk
- Partners (1932) — as Deputy Lem
- Refuge (1923) — as Alphonse
- Captain Swagger (1928) — as Jean
- Sentimental Sophie (1915) — as Slippery Slim
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