Victor Potel
Victor Potel was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1889. His first film was in 1910, for Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in Chicago. Potel worked for Essanay in most of the Broncho Billy series, as well as playing a character called "Slippery Sam" in almost 80 movies as well as Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series. He moved to Universal in 1928 to make Melody of Love (1928) and worked steadily, playing small and sometimes uncredited bit parts, primarily comic roles due to his height and awkward look. Potel also wrote and directed. In 1935 he provided continuity and dialogue for several films. He became part of Preston Sturges' stock of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. Potel work until his death on 8 March 1947, just after finishing playing "Barfly" in Relentless (1948). Date of Birth 12 October 1889, Lafayette, Indiana Date of Death 8 March 1947, Hollywood, California
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- Born:
- Oct 12, 1889 In Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 139
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Tout's Remembrance 1910-09-24
- Latest Project:
- Movie The Egg and I 1947-05-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | The Devil Thumbs a Ride | 1947-02-20 | |
| Movie | The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Prof. Potelle | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | The Egg and I | Crowbar | 1947-05-01 |
| Movie | The Glass Alibi | Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel) | 1946-04-27 |
| Movie | A Medal for Benny | Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited) | 1945-04-16 |
| Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Train Fireman | 1945-05-28 |
| Movie | Rhythm Round-Up | Slim Jensen | 1945-09-06 |
| Movie | It Happened Tomorrow | 1944-03-31 | |
| Movie | The Great Moment | First Dental Patient | 1944-07-18 |
| Movie | The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek | Newspaper Editor | 1943-12-12 |
| Movie | The Good Fellows | Branders (uncredited) | 1943-08-11 |
| Movie | Wagon Wheels West | Posse Rider (uncredited) | 1943-10-30 |
| Movie | The Palm Beach Story | Mr. McKeewie | 1942-08-28 |
| Movie | The Man in the Trunk | Deaf Floor Man (uncredited) | 1942-09-19 |
| Movie | The Lady Eve | Second Steward (uncredited) | 1941-02-25 |
| Movie | Pot o' Gold | Olaf Svenson (uncredited) | 1941-04-03 |
| Movie | Ride on Vaquero | Ole | 1941-04-18 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Lem | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Sullivan's Travels | Cameraman | 1941-11-30 |
| Movie | Three Faces West | Postman | 1940-07-03 |
| Movie | Young Tom Edison | Mr. Tompkins | 1940-03-15 |
| Movie | The Great McGinty | Cook (uncredited) | 1940-08-01 |
| Movie | Girl from God's Country | Barber | 1940-07-30 |
| Movie | The Villain Still Pursued Her | Policeman (uncredited) | 1940-10-11 |
| Movie | Trail of the Vigilantes | Conductor | 1940-12-13 |
| Movie | Li'l Abner | Fantastic Brown | 1940-11-09 |
| Movie | Christmas in July | Davenola Salesman | 1940-10-25 |
| Movie | Hollywood Cavalcade | Slim | 1939-10-13 |
| Movie | Second Fiddle | Steve - Crane Operator | 1939-06-30 |
| Movie | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Suspect | 1939-10-26 |
| Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Coach Driver | 1939-01-06 |
| Movie | Let Freedom Ring | Ole Swensen (uncredited) | 1939-02-24 |
| Movie | Down the Wyoming Trail | Slim | 1939-06-13 |
| Movie | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Ranch Hand | 1939-11-03 |
| Movie | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Man in Store | 1939-11-16 |
| Movie | Chip of the Flying U | Station Agent | 1939-11-29 |
| Movie | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Lars (uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Slightly Honorable | Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
| Movie | The Girl of the Golden West | Lem - Stagecoach Driver | 1938-03-18 |
| Movie | On the Great White Trail | Lyons | 1938-07-22 |
| Movie | Two Gun Law | Cassius | 1937-04-06 |
| Movie | White Bondage | Luke Stacey | 1937-08-05 |
| Movie | God's Country and the Woman | Turpentine | 1937-01-16 |
| Movie | Adventure's End | Tall Sailor (uncredited) | 1937-12-05 |
| Movie | Western Gold | Jasper | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Small Town Boy | Abner Towner | 1937-09-24 |
| Movie | Yellow Dust | Jugger - the Bartender | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited) | 1936-01-29 |
| Movie | Song of the Saddle | Little Casino | 1936-02-28 |
| Movie | Three Godfathers | 'Buck Tooth' | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | O'Malley of the Mounted | Gabby - the Cook | 1936-03-27 |
| Movie | Fury | Jorgeson (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
| Movie | The Captain's Kid | Deputy Jake Hutchinson | 1936-11-14 |
| Movie | Down to the Sea | Andy | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | The Drunkard | Farmer Gates | 1935-04-03 |
| Movie | Whispering Smith Speaks | Bill Prouty | 1935-05-15 |
| Movie | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Lanky | 1935-04-02 |
| Movie | Ruggles of Red Gap | Curly - Cowboy | 1935-03-08 |
| Movie | Big Boy Rides Again | Ranch Foreman Scarface | 1935-01-05 |
| Movie | Western Frontier | Slim | 1935-08-07 |
| Movie | Mississippi | Guest | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | Waterfront Lady | Alex | 1935-10-04 |
| Movie | The Fighting Marines | Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12] | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Gun Play | Brawler (uncredited) | 1935-12-02 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Kinso | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | The Last of the Clintons | Jed Clinton | 1935-11-12 |
| Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Tall Saloon Cowboy | 1935-11-02 |
| Movie | She Couldn't Take It | Farmer | 1935-10-08 |
| Movie | Shipmates Forever | Loafer (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | Twisted Rails | Tom Watson | 1934-05-01 |
| Movie | Inside Information | Rice - Thin Detective | 1934-09-24 |
| Movie | Frontier Days | Deputy Tex Hatch | 1934-11-14 |
| Movie | Thunder Over Texas | Dick | 1934-10-18 |
| Movie | Face in the Sky | Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited) | 1933-01-15 |
| Movie | Hallelujah, I'm a Bum | The General | 1933-02-03 |
| Movie | Damaged Lives | Undetermined Role | 1933-09-15 |
| Movie | Ten Cents a Dance | Smith, a Sailor | 1931-01-30 |
| Movie | King of the Wild | Peterson | 1931-03-01 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Reporter | 1931-01-31 |
| Movie | The Squaw Man | Andy | 1931-07-21 |
| Movie | Selling Shorts | Slim Bassil | 1931-11-29 |
| Movie | Call of the West | Trig Peters | 1930-05-10 |
| Movie | The Bad One | Sailor | 1930-05-03 |
| Movie | Paradise Island | Swede | 1930-07-15 |
| Movie | The Virtuous Sin | Sentry | 1930-10-24 |
| Movie | Forward, March! | 1930-12-11 | |
| Movie | Doughboys | Svendenburg | 1930-08-30 |
| Movie | Border Romance | Slim | 1929-05-25 |
| Movie | The Virginian | Nebrasky | 1929-11-09 |
| Movie | Captain Swagger | Jean | 1928-10-13 |
| Movie | Ten Days | 1925-01-05 | |
| Movie | Below the Line | 'Cuckoo' Niles | 1925-09-20 |
| Movie | Reno | Detective McRae | 1923-12-09 |
| Movie | A Tailor-Made Man | Peter | 1922-08-05 |
| Movie | At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern | The Poet | 1922-01-22 |
| Movie | The Loaded Door | Slim | 1922-08-14 |
| Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Hiram Maxwell | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | Bob Hampton of Placer | Willie McNeil | 1921-05-01 |
| Movie | One a Minute | Jingo Pitts | 1921-06-19 |
| Movie | Water, Water, Everywhere | Steve Brainard | 1920-02-08 |
| Movie | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | 1919-06-29 | |
| Movie | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Constable Sam | 1919-04-05 |
| Movie | Full of Pep | Beanpole | 1919-05-26 |
| Movie | Hearts and Saddles | 1917-03-31 | |
| Movie | Baseball Madness | 1917-05-08 | |
| Movie | What Darwin Missed | Professor Alonzo Bozzle | 1916-08-12 |
| Movie | Versus Sledge Hammers | The Count | 1915-09-01 |
| Movie | His Regeneration | Pawn Shop Clerk | 1915-05-07 |
| Movie | A Gamblers' Way | The Bartender | 1914-02-05 |
| Movie | A Night on the Road | Sheriff's Assistant | 1914-01-22 |
| Movie | The Good-for-Nothing | Old Clerk | 1914-06-08 |
| Movie | Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist | Slippery Slim | 1913-06-21 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter | 1913-03-08 | |
| Movie | The Making of Broncho Billy | 1913-02-01 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Western Girls | Outlaw | 1913-07-12 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid | Jailer | 1913-02-22 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Gun Play | 1913-01-25 | |
| Movie | The Three Gamblers | 1913-12-12 | |
| Movie | Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County | The Druggist | 1913-09-27 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Squareness | 1913-12-06 | |
| Movie | That Pair from Thespia | Second Actor | 1913-12-25 |
| Movie | A Romance of the Hills | 1913-12-04 | |
| Movie | The Last Laugh | 1913-11-12 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress | 1912-02-02 | |
| Movie | The Prospector's Legacy | 1912-02-17 | |
| Movie | Widow Jenkins' Admirers | 1912-01-23 | |
| Movie | Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy | 1912-03-26 | |
| Movie | The Loafer | 1912-01-20 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape | 1912-07-05 | |
| Movie | On the Cactus Trail | 1912-07-02 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife | 1912-11-30 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Promise | 1912-12-21 | |
| Movie | A Story of Montana | 1912-07-13 | |
| Movie | The Tomboy on Bar Z | 1912-10-21 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner | 1911-12-23 | |
| Movie | The Tout's Remembrance | 1910-09-24 | |
| Movie | The Silent Message | 1910-10-29 | |
| Movie | A Cowboy's Vindication | 1910-12-10 | |
| Movie | A Westerner's Way | 1910-11-05 |