John Litel
John Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film actor. During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Back in the U.S. after the war, Litel enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career. In 1929, he started appearing in films. Part of the "Warner Bros. Stock Company" beginning in the 1930s, he appeared in dozens of Warner Bros. films. He often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops, district attorneys, etc. He appeared in over 200 films, including They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Scaramouche (1952), and his final film role in Nevada Smith (1966).
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- Born:
- Dec 30, 1892 In Albany, Wisconsin, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 179
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Always Faithful 1929-12-29
- Latest Project:
- Movie Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage 1983-02-25
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
| Movie | Nevada Smith | Doctor | 1966-06-10 |
| Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
| Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Minister | 1965-06-23 |
| Movie | The Gun Hawk | Drunk - Madden's father | 1963-08-28 |
| Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
| Series | Hazel | Unknown | 1961-09-28 |
| Movie | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford | 1961-07-12 |
| Movie | Pocketful of Miracles | Police Inspector McCrary | 1961-12-18 |
| Movie | Lover Come Back | Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited) | 1961-12-20 |
| Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
| Series | Lock-Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
| Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
| Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
| Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
| Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
| Movie | Houseboat | Mr. William Farnsworth | 1958-11-19 |
| Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
| Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
| Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
| Movie | The Hired Gun | Mace Beldon | 1957-09-20 |
| Movie | Decision at Sundown | Charles Summerton | 1957-11-10 |
| Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
| Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
| Movie | Runaway Daughters | George Barton | 1956-01-20 |
| Movie | The Wild Dakotas | Morgan Wheeler | 1956-02-28 |
| Movie | Comanche | Gen. Nelson A. Miles | 1956-03-01 |
| Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
| Movie | The Kentuckian | Pleasant Tuesday Babson | 1955-07-22 |
| Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
| Movie | Double Jeopardy | Emmett Devery | 1955-06-23 |
| Movie | Texas Lady | Meade Moore (wigwam owner) | 1955-11-23 |
| Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
| Movie | Sitting Bull | Wilford Howell | 1954-10-06 |
| Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
| Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
| Movie | Jack Slade | Judge Davidson | 1953-11-08 |
| Movie | Scaramouche | Dr. Dubuque | 1952-05-08 |
| Movie | Montana Belle | Matt Towner | 1952-11-11 |
| Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
| Movie | Take Care of My Little Girl | John Erickson (uncredited) | 1951-07-06 |
| Movie | The Texas Rangers | John B. Jones | 1951-06-03 |
| Movie | The Groom Wore Spurs | Uncle George | 1951-03-13 |
| Movie | Cuban Fireball | Pomeroy Sr. | 1951-03-05 |
| Movie | Two Dollar Bettor | John Hewitt | 1951-09-09 |
| Movie | Little Egypt | Shuster | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Flight to Mars | Dr. Lane | 1951-11-11 |
| Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
| Movie | Woman in Hiding | John Chandler | 1950-01-06 |
| Movie | The Sundowners | John Gall | 1950-02-02 |
| Movie | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Police Chief Sam Tolgate | 1950-08-19 |
| Movie | The Fuller Brush Girl | Mr. Watkins | 1950-09-15 |
| Movie | Rusty Saves a Life | Hugh Mitchell | 1949-02-03 |
| Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Colonel Logan | 1949-09-01 |
| Movie | Outpost in Morocco | Colonel Pascal | 1949-05-02 |
| Movie | Rusty's Birthday | Hugh Mitchell | 1949-11-03 |
| Movie | Mary Ryan, Detective | Capt. Billings | 1949-11-03 |
| Movie | Smart Woman | Clark | 1948-04-30 |
| Movie | My Dog Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1948-04-08 |
| Movie | I, Jane Doe | Horton | 1948-05-25 |
| Movie | Key Largo | Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1948-07-16 |
| Movie | The Valiant Hombre | Lon Lansdell | 1948-12-15 |
| Movie | Rusty Leads the Way | Hugh Mitchell | 1948-10-21 |
| Movie | Pitfall | District Attorney | 1948-08-11 |
| Movie | The Beginning or the End | K.T. Keller | 1947-02-19 |
| Movie | Lighthouse | Hank Armitage | 1947-01-10 |
| Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Tom Clancy | 1947-03-07 |
| Movie | Heaven Only Knows | Reverend Wainwright | 1947-09-12 |
| Movie | The Guilty | Alex Tremholt | 1947-03-22 |
| Movie | Cass Timberlane | Webb Wargate | 1947-11-06 |
| Movie | Christmas Eve | Joe Bland, FBI Agent | 1947-10-31 |
| Movie | Night in Paradise | Archon | 1946-05-03 |
| Movie | The Madonna's Secret | Lt. Roberts | 1946-02-16 |
| Movie | She Wrote the Book | Dean Fowler | 1946-05-31 |
| Movie | Smooth as Silk | Stephen Elliott | 1946-02-01 |
| Movie | Okay for Sound | 1946-09-07 | |
| Movie | Swell Guy | Arthur Tyler | 1946-12-05 |
| Movie | Sister Kenny | Medical Director | 1946-10-10 |
| Movie | The Crime Doctor's Warning | Inspector Dawes | 1945-09-27 |
| Movie | Brewster's Millions | Swearengen Jones | 1945-04-07 |
| Movie | The Crimson Canary | Roger Quinn | 1945-11-09 |
| Movie | Salome, Where She Danced | General Lee | 1945-04-17 |
| Movie | The Daltons Ride Again | Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon | 1945-11-23 |
| Movie | Northwest Trail | Sergeant Means | 1945-11-30 |
| Movie | San Antonio | Charlie Bell | 1945-12-29 |
| Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Ed Henderson | 1945-12-08 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mr. Aldrich | 1944-04-01 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Sam Aldrich | 1944-01-13 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich | 1944-06-10 |
| Movie | My Buddy | Father Jim Donnelly | 1944-10-12 |
| Movie | Faces in the Fog | Dr. Mason | 1944-11-30 |
| Movie | Murder in the Blue Room | Frank Baldrich | 1944-10-27 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Sam Aldrich | 1943-04-30 |
| Movie | Murder in Times Square | Dr. Blaine | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich Swings It | Mr. Aldrich | 1943-06-23 |
| Movie | Crime Doctor | Emilio Caspari, the mystery man | 1943-06-22 |
| Movie | Submarine Base | James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart | 1943-07-20 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | Sam Aldrich | 1943-11-10 |
| Movie | Where Are Your Children? | Judge Edmonds | 1943-11-26 |
| Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Dr. Harrison | 1943-09-09 |
| Movie | Mississippi Gambler | Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel | 1942-04-17 |
| Movie | Kid Glove Killer | Matty | 1942-04-17 |
| Movie | Soldiers in White | Charles Anthony | 1942-02-07 |
| Movie | Don Winslow of the Navy | Spencer Merlin | 1942-01-06 |
| Movie | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Norman Hadley | 1942-05-07 |
| Movie | Sealed Lips | Mike Rofano / Fred Morton | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | The Mystery of Marie Roget | Henri Beauvais | 1942-04-23 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Sam Aldrich | 1942-09-01 |
| Movie | The Boss of Big Town | Michael Lynn | 1942-12-07 |
| Movie | Henry and Dizzy | Sam Aldrich | 1942-06-05 |
| Movie | Invisible Agent | John Gardiner | 1942-08-07 |
| Movie | Men of Texas | Colonel Colbert Scott | 1942-07-03 |
| Movie | Madame Spy | Peter Rolf | 1942-12-11 |
| Movie | For the Common Defense! | Subprefect Santiago Castillo | 1942-06-20 |
| Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | John Wade | 1941-02-15 |
| Movie | Father's Son | William Emory | 1941-02-12 |
| Movie | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mr. West | 1941-02-14 |
| Movie | The Big Boss | Bob Dugan | 1941-04-28 |
| Movie | Thieves Fall Out | Tim Gordon | 1941-05-03 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Gen. Phil Sheridan | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | Henry Aldrich for President | Sam Aldrich | 1941-10-17 |
| Movie | Flight Angels | Dr. Barclay | 1940-05-18 |
| Movie | Men Without Souls | Reverend Thomas Storm | 1940-05-20 |
| Movie | An Angel from Texas | Quigley | 1940-04-27 |
| Movie | Castle on the Hudson | Prison Chaplain | 1940-02-17 |
| Movie | The Fighting 69th | Captain Mangan | 1940-01-27 |
| Movie | Virginia City | Marshall | 1940-03-23 |
| Movie | Murder in the Air | Saxby | 1940-06-01 |
| Movie | It All Came True | Mr. Roberts | 1940-04-06 |
| Movie | Father Is A Prince | Dr. Mark Stone | 1940-11-18 |
| Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Charles Bryant | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | Gambling on the High Seas | U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears | 1940-06-22 |
| Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Committee Chairman | 1940-10-05 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Martin | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | The Man Who Talked Too Much | District Attorney Dickson | 1940-07-16 |
| Movie | They Drive by Night | Harry McNamara | 1940-07-26 |
| Movie | Money and the Woman | Jerremy Helm | 1940-08-17 |
| Movie | On Trial | Robert Strickland | 1939-04-01 |
| Movie | Dodge City | Matt Cole | 1939-04-08 |
| Movie | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Attorney Carey | 1939-03-23 |
| Movie | Wings of the Navy | Commander Clark | 1939-02-11 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Carson Drew | 1939-06-17 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Carson Drew | 1939-02-18 |
| Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Chief Agent Tom Saxby | 1939-03-04 |
| Movie | Old Glory | Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-07-01 |
| Movie | The Return of Doctor X | Dr. Flegg | 1939-11-23 |
| Movie | A Child Is Born | Dr. Brett | 1939-12-07 |
| Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Prosecutor | 1939-09-16 |
| Movie | On Dress Parade | Col. Michael Riker | 1939-11-18 |
| Movie | The Bill of Rights | Patrick Henry | 1939-08-19 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Carson Drew | 1939-09-09 |
| Movie | Over the Wall | Father Neil Connor | 1938-04-02 |
| Movie | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Nelson "Nails" Morgan | 1938-06-04 |
| Movie | Jezebel | Jean La Cour | 1938-03-26 |
| Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Ralph Ferris | 1938-02-12 |
| Movie | My Bill | John C. Rudlin | 1938-07-08 |
| Movie | A Slight Case of Murder | Mr. Post, banker | 1938-02-26 |
| Movie | Love, Honor and Behave | Jim Blake | 1938-03-12 |
| Movie | The Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson | 1938-11-26 |
| Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
| Movie | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney | 1938-07-20 |
| Movie | Nancy Drew… Detective | Carson Drew | 1938-11-19 |
| Movie | Comet Over Broadway | Bill Appleton | 1938-12-03 |
| Movie | Valley of the Giants | Hendricks | 1938-09-17 |
| Movie | Broadway Musketeers | Stan Dowling | 1938-10-08 |
| Movie | Marked Woman | Gordon | 1937-04-10 |
| Movie | Black Legion | Tommy Smith | 1937-01-30 |
| Movie | Slim | Wyatt Ranstead | 1937-06-24 |
| Movie | Midnight Court | Victor Shanley | 1937-03-06 |
| Movie | The Life of Emile Zola | Charpentier | 1937-09-09 |
| Movie | Back in Circulation | Dr. Eugene Forde | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Missing Witnesses | Inspector Lane | 1937-12-11 |
| Movie | The Man Without a Country | Lt. Philip Nolan | 1937-11-27 |
| Movie | Alcatraz Island | 'Gat' Brady | 1937-10-13 |
| Movie | Fugitive in the Sky | Mike Phelan | 1936-11-28 |
| Movie | Give Me Liberty | Patrick Henry | 1936-12-19 |
| Movie | Wayward | Robert 'Bob' Daniels | 1932-02-19 |
| Movie | On the Border | Dave (as John B. Litel) | 1930-03-14 |
| Movie | Always Faithful | Wayne | 1929-12-29 |