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:
- 152
- 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 | Yankee Fakir | Contest Chairman | 1947-04-01 |
| 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 | Rhythm Round-Up | Slim Jensen | 1945-09-06 |
| Movie | A Medal for Benny | Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited) | 1945-04-16 |
| Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Train Fireman | 1945-05-28 |
| 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 | 1944-09-18 |
| Movie | Hail the Conquering Hero | Progressive Bandleader (uncredited) | 1944-08-09 |
| 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 | Sullivan's Travels | Cameraman | 1941-11-30 |
| Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Lem | 1941-04-11 |
| Movie | Ride on Vaquero | Ole | 1941-04-18 |
| 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 | Down the Wyoming Trail | Slim | 1939-06-13 |
| 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 | Second Fiddle | Steve - Crane Operator | 1939-06-30 |
| 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 | Slightly Honorable | Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
| Movie | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Lars (uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
| 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 | Small Town Boy | Abner Towner | 1937-09-24 |
| Movie | Western Gold | Jasper | 1937-08-27 |
| Movie | Adventure's End | Tall Sailor (uncredited) | 1937-12-05 |
| Movie | Three Godfathers | 'Buck Tooth' | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Man Hunt | Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited) | 1936-01-29 |
| Movie | O'Malley of the Mounted | Gabby - the Cook | 1936-03-27 |
| Movie | Song of the Saddle | Little Casino | 1936-02-28 |
| Movie | Yellow Dust | Jugger - the Bartender | 1936-03-12 |
| Movie | Down to the Sea | Andy | 1936-05-30 |
| Movie | The Captain's Kid | Deputy Jake Hutchinson | 1936-11-14 |
| Movie | Laughing at Trouble | Lem Parker | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Fury | Jorgeson (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
| 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 (uncredited) | 1935-03-22 |
| Movie | She Couldn't Take It | Farmer | 1935-10-08 |
| Movie | The Fighting Marines | Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12] | 1935-11-22 |
| Movie | Gun Play | Brawler (uncredited) | 1935-12-02 |
| Movie | The Last of the Clintons | Jed Clinton | 1935-11-12 |
| Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Tall Saloon Cowboy | 1935-11-02 |
| Movie | Waterfront Lady | Alex | 1935-10-04 |
| Movie | Shipmates Forever | Loafer (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
| Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Kinso | 1935-08-30 |
| Movie | Inside Information | Rice - Thin Detective | 1934-09-24 |
| Movie | Twisted Rails | Tom Watson | 1934-05-01 |
| Movie | Thunder Over Texas | Dick | 1934-10-18 |
| Movie | Frontier Days | Deputy Tex Hatch | 1934-11-14 |
| 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 | Partners | Deputy Lem | 1932-01-08 |
| Movie | Scandal Sheet | Reporter | 1931-01-31 |
| Movie | Ten Cents a Dance | Smith, a Sailor | 1931-01-30 |
| Movie | King of the Wild | Peterson | 1931-03-01 |
| 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 | What Price Beauty? | 1928-01-22 | |
| Movie | Captain Swagger | Jean | 1928-10-13 |
| Movie | Uneasy Payments | Press Agent | 1927-05-04 |
| Movie | The Lodge in the Wilderness | Goofus | 1926-07-11 |
| Movie | Racing Romance | Constable | 1926-08-09 |
| Movie | Ten Days | 1925-01-05 | |
| Movie | Below the Line | 'Cuckoo' Niles | 1925-09-20 |
| Movie | Reno | Detective McRae | 1923-12-09 |
| Movie | At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern | The Poet | 1922-01-22 |
| Movie | A Tailor-Made Man | Peter | 1922-08-05 |
| Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Hiram Maxwell | 1922-12-04 |
| Movie | The Loaded Door | Slim | 1922-08-14 |
| Movie | Lavender and Old Lace | Joe Pendleton | 1921-06-01 |
| 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 | Mary's Ankle | Johnny Stokes | 1920-02-29 |
| Movie | Full of Pep | Beanpole | 1919-05-26 |
| Movie | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Constable Sam | 1919-04-05 |
| Movie | A Petal on the Current | 1919-08-03 | |
| Movie | Who's Your Father? | Comedy Role | 1918-06-30 |
| Movie | Hearts and Saddles | 1917-03-31 | |
| Movie | Baseball Madness | 1917-05-08 | |
| Movie | Just a Few Little Things | Archie | 1916-07-26 |
| Movie | Versus Sledge Hammers | The Count | 1915-09-01 |
| Movie | His Regeneration | Pawn Shop Clerk | 1915-05-07 |
| Movie | A Night on the Road | Sheriff's Assistant | 1914-01-22 |
| Movie | A Gamblers' Way | The Bartender | 1914-02-05 |
| Movie | The Good-for-Nothing | Old Clerk | 1914-06-08 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy, the Vagabond | 1914-09-05 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Western Girls | Outlaw | 1913-07-12 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter | 1913-03-08 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid | Jailer | 1913-02-22 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Gun Play | 1913-01-25 | |
| Movie | The Making of Broncho Billy | 1913-02-01 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy Reforms | A Thief | 1913-09-13 |
| Movie | Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist | Slippery Slim | 1913-06-21 |
| Movie | Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County | The Druggist | 1913-09-27 |
| Movie | That Pair from Thespia | Second Actor | 1913-12-25 |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Squareness | 1913-12-06 | |
| Movie | The Three Gamblers | 1913-12-12 | |
| 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 | Widow Jenkins' Admirers | 1912-01-23 | |
| Movie | A Child of the West | 1912-01-06 | |
| Movie | The Loafer | 1912-01-20 | |
| Movie | The Prospector's Legacy | 1912-02-17 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Promise | 1912-12-21 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape | 1912-07-05 | |
| Movie | Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife | 1912-11-30 | |
| Movie | The Tomboy on Bar Z | 1912-10-21 | |
| Movie | The Two Reformations | 1911-01-28 | |
| Movie | The Sheriff's Chum | 1911-04-08 | |
| 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 Westerner's Way | 1910-11-05 | |
| Movie | A Cowboy's Vindication | 1910-12-10 |