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)
Three Godfathers
1936
as 'Buck Tooth'
The Lady Eve
1941
as Second Steward (uncredited)
Fury
1936
as Jorgeson (uncredited)
Slightly Honorable
1939
as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
Racing Romance
1926
as Constable
Frontier Days
1934
as Deputy Tex Hatch
Billions
1920
as Pushkin
Selling Shorts
1931
as Slim Bassil
Second Fiddle
1939
as Steve - Crane Operator
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Reporter
Mississippi
1935
as Guest (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Slim
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as Cameraman
Doughboys
1930
as Svendenburg
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Young Tom Edison
1940
as Mr. Tompkins
The Great McGinty
1940
as Cook (uncredited)
Christmas in July
1940
as Davenola Salesman
Ten Days
1925
A Medal for Benny
1945
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Mr. McKeewie
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
as Newspaper Editor
Sentimental Sophie
1915
as Slippery Slim
The Virginian
1929
as Nebrasky
His Regeneration
1915
as Pawn Shop Clerk
Captain Swagger
1928
as Jean
Twisted Rails
1934
as Tom Watson
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
as Lanky
Let Freedom Ring
1939
as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Lem Parker
The Egg and I
1947
as Crowbar
Three Faces West
1940
as Postman
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Train Fireman
Western Gold
1937
as Jasper
Wagon Wheels West
1943
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
The Glass Alibi
1946
as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as Prof. Potelle
Pot o' Gold
1941
as Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
Paradise Island
1930
as Swede
The Loafer
1912
The Last of the Clintons
1935
as Jed Clinton
Adventure's End
1937
as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
Gun Play
1935
as Brawler (uncredited)
The Good Fellows
1943
as Branders (uncredited)
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
as Smith, a Sailor
Face in the Sky
1933
as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Yankee Fakir
1947
as Contest Chairman
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
as Steve
Yellow Dust
1936
as Jugger - the Bartender
The Fighting Marines
1935
as Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Farmer
A Lost Lady
1924
as Ivy Peters
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Ranch Hand
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
as Curly - Cowboy
Shipmates Forever
1935
as Loafer (uncredited)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Lars (uncredited)
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
The Great Moment
1944
as First Dental Patient
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
as Constable Sam
Waterfront Lady
1935
as Alex
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
as Man in Store
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Suspect
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922
as Hiram Maxwell
Li'l Abner
1940
as Fantastic Brown
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
as Conductor
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
Who's Your Father?
1918
as Comedy Role
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
Below the Line
1925
as 'Cuckoo' Niles
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
as Kinso
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
as The General
The Bad One
1930
as Sailor
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
as Slim Jensen
Song of the Saddle
1936
as Little Casino
The Squaw Man
1931
as Andy
The Man in the Trunk
1942
as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
A Romance of the Hills
1913
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
as Lem
The Count and the Cowboys
1911
as The Count
Damaged Lives
1933
as Undetermined Role
Along Came Ruth
1924
as Oscar Sims
The Border Ranger
1911
Partners
1932
as Deputy Lem
Stand Up and Fight
1939
as Coach Driver
Uneasy Payments
1927
as Press Agent
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
as Steve Brainard
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913
as Outlaw
King of the Wild
1931
as Peterson
The Marriage Bargain
1935
as Jeff Thompson
Chip of the Flying U
1939
as Station Agent
Man Hunt
1936
as Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
Border Romance
1929
as Slim
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915
as A Cattle Owner
Inside Information
1934
as Rice - Thin Detective
Contraband
1925
as George Bogardus
The Broken Coin
1936
Mary's Ankle
1920
as Johnny Stokes
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
The Sheriff's Chum
1911
White Bondage
1937
as Luke Stacey
Big Boy Rides Again
1935
as Ranch Foreman Scarface
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913
as Dr. Huff
On the Great White Trail
1938
as Lyons
Call of the West
1930
as Trig Peters
The Drunkard
1935
as Farmer Gates
God's Country and the Woman
1937
as Turpentine
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
A Self-Made Failure
1924
as Pokey Jones
The Virtuous Sin
1930
as Sentry
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
as Tall Saloon Cowboy
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914
as Slippery Slim
Reno
1923
as Detective McRae
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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- Three Godfathers (1936) — as 'Buck Tooth'
- The Lady Eve (1941) — as Second Steward (uncredited)
- Fury (1936) — as Jorgeson (uncredited)
- Slightly Honorable (1939) — as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
- Racing Romance (1926) — as Constable
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