Victor Potel

Victor Potel (57)

1889-10-12 - 1947-03-08 | Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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.

On Movies

  • The Egg and I
  • The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
  • Yankee Fakir
  • The Devil Thumbs a Ride
  • The Glass Alibi
  • Rhythm Round-Up
  • Flame of Barbary Coast
  • A Medal for Benny
  • The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
  • Hail the Conquering Hero
  • The Great Moment
  • It Happened Tomorrow
  • Wagon Wheels West
  • The Good Fellows
  • The Man in the Trunk
  • The Palm Beach Story
  • Sullivan's Travels
  • Ride on Vaquero
  • The Lady from Cheyenne
  • Pot o' Gold
  • The Lady Eve
  • Trail of the Vigilantes
  • Li'l Abner
  • Christmas in July
  • The Villain Still Pursued Her
  • The Great McGinty
  • Girl from God's Country
  • Three Faces West
  • Young Tom Edison
  • Slightly Honorable
  • Chip of the Flying U
  • Rovin' Tumbleweeds
  • Blondie Brings Up Baby
  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
  • The Housekeeper's Daughter
  • Hollywood Cavalcade
  • Second Fiddle
  • Down the Wyoming Trail
  • Let Freedom Ring
  • Stand Up and Fight
  • The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
  • On the Great White Trail
  • The Girl of the Golden West
  • Adventure's End
  • Western Gold
  • White Bondage
  • Two Gun Law
  • God's Country and the Woman
  • Laughing at Trouble
  • The Captain's Kid
  • Fury
  • Down to the Sea
  • O'Malley of the Mounted
  • Yellow Dust
  • Three Godfathers
  • Song of the Saddle
  • Man Hunt
  • The Broken Coin
  • Gun Play
  • The Fighting Marines
  • The Last of the Clintons
  • Moonlight on the Prairie
  • Shipmates Forever
  • She Couldn't Take It
  • Waterfront Lady
  • The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
  • Western Frontier
  • Whispering Smith Speaks
  • The Drunkard
  • The Cowboy and the Bandit
  • Mississippi
  • Ruggles of Red Gap
  • Big Boy Rides Again
  • Frontier Days
  • Thunder Over Texas
  • Inside Information
  • Twisted Rails
  • Damaged Lives
  • Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
  • Face in the Sky
  • Partners
  • Selling Shorts
  • The Squaw Man
  • King of the Wild
  • Scandal Sheet
  • Ten Cents a Dance
  • The Virtuous Sin
  • Doughboys
  • Paradise Island
  • Call of the West
  • The Bad One
  • The Virginian
  • Border Romance
  • Melody of Love
  • The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
  • What Price Beauty?
  • Uneasy Payments
  • Racing Romance
  • The Lodge in the Wilderness
  • Morganson's Finish
  • Below the Line
  • Ten Days
  • A Lost Lady
  • Reno
  • Quincy Adams Sawyer
  • The Loaded Door
  • A Tailor-Made Man
  • Step on It!
  • At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
  • One a Minute
  • Lavender and Old Lace
  • Billions
  • The Heart of a Child
  • Mary's Ankle
  • Water, Water, Everywhere
  • A Petal on the Current
  • The Outcasts of Poker Flat
  • Full of Pep
  • Captain Kidd, Jr.
  • Who's Your Father?
  • Baseball Madness
  • Hearts and Saddles
  • What Darwin Missed
  • Just a Few Little Things
  • Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
  • Versus Sledge Hammers
  • Broncho Billy Steps In
  • Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
  • The Bachelor's Burglar
  • The Revenue Agent
  • His Regeneration
  • Ingomar of the Hills
  • Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
  • Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
  • Sophie's Home-Coming
  • When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
  • Sentimental Sophie
  • Broncho Billy and the Sisters
  • When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
  • The Battle of Snakeville
  • Snakeville's Rising Sons
  • Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
  • Slippery Slim Gets Square
  • Snakeville's Blind Pig
  • Sophie's Sweetheart
  • Sophie's Fatal Wedding
  • Snakeville's Reform Wave
  • A Horse on Sophie
  • Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
  • Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
  • Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
  • Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
  • Broncho Billy Rewarded
  • Snakeville's Peace-Maker
  • When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
  • Slippery Slim Gets Cured
  • Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
  • Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
  • Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
  • Broncho Billy Wins Out
  • Snakeville's New Waitress
  • Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
  • Sophie Gets Stung
  • Sophie Finds a Hero
  • The Wooing of Sophie
  • Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
  • The Snakeville Volunteer
  • The Good-for-Nothing
  • Sophie Pulls a Good One
  • Sophie Starts Something
  • Broncho Billy's Leap
  • Broncho Billy's Sermon
  • Pie for Sophie
  • A Gamblers' Way
  • Broncho Billy and the Red Man
  • What Came to Bar Q
  • Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
  • A Night on the Road
  • Broncho Billy-Guardian
  • Snakeville's New Doctor
  • A Snakeville Courtship
  • That Pair from Thespia
  • Sophie's New Foreman
  • The Three Gamblers
  • Broncho Billy's Squareness
  • A Romance of the Hills
  • Sophie's Hero
  • Broncho Billy's First Arrest
  • The Last Laugh
  • Alkali Ike and the Wildman
  • Broncho Billy's Oath
  • Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
  • Broncho Billy Reforms
  • Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
  • Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
  • Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
  • Alkali Ike's Homecoming
  • The Accusation of Broncho Billy
  • Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
  • Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
  • Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
  • The Making of Broncho Billy
  • Broncho Billy's Gun Play
  • Broncho Billy's Promise
  • Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
  • Alkali Ike's Close Shave
  • An Indian's Friendship
  • The Tomboy on Bar Z
  • Alkali Ike Stung!
  • An Indian Sunbeam
  • Alkali Ike's Pants
  • The Tenderfoot Foreman
  • Broncho Billy for Sheriff
  • Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
  • Broncho Billy's Pal
  • A Story of Montana
  • Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
  • On the Cactus Trail
  • Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
  • The Ranch Girl's Mistake
  • The Biter Bitten
  • The Prospector's Legacy
  • Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
  • The Oath of His Office
  • Widow Jenkins' Admirers
  • The Loafer
  • A Child of the West
  • Broncho Billy's Adventure
  • Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
  • The Forester's Plea
  • Town Hall, Tonight
  • The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
  • Broncho Bill's Last Spree
  • The Two Fugitives
  • The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
  • A Hungry Pair
  • The Infant at Snakeville
  • Alkali Ike's Auto
  • The Puncher's New Love
  • The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
  • The Indian Maiden's Lesson
  • Across the Plains
  • The Sheriff's Chum
  • The Bad Man's Downfall
  • Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
  • The Two Reformations
  • The Border Ranger
  • The Count and the Cowboys
  • The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
  • Hank and Lank: Blind Men
  • The Tenderfoot Messenger
  • A Cowboy's Vindication
  • Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
  • Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
  • Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
  • A Westerner's Way
  • The Silent Message
  • Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
  • A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
  • Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
  • The Bearded Bandit
  • Patricia of the Plains
  • Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
  • The Tout's Remembrance
  • Hank and Lank: Joyriding
  • A Dog on Business

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