Victor Potel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1889
- Died
- March 8, 1947 (aged 57)
- Birthplace
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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. 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.
Known For
Filmography
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Movie · as Prof. Potelle
The Egg and I
Movie · as Crowbar
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Movie
Yankee Fakir
Movie · as Contest Chairman
The Glass Alibi
Movie · as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie · as Train Fireman
Rhythm Round-Up
Movie · as Slim Jensen
A Medal for Benny
Movie · as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
Strange Illusion
Movie · as Mac
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Movie · as Newspaper Editor
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie
The Great Moment
Movie · as First Dental Patient
Hail the Conquering Hero
Movie · as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
The Good Fellows
Movie · as Branders (uncredited)
Wagon Wheels West
Movie · as Posse Rider (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
Movie · as Mr. McKeewie
The Man in the Trunk
Movie · as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
Movie · as Cameraman
Pot o' Gold
Movie · as Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
The Lady from Cheyenne
Movie · as Lem
Ride on Vaquero
Movie · as Ole
The Lady Eve
Movie · as Second Steward (uncredited)
Christmas in July
Movie · as Davenola Salesman
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Movie · as Policeman (uncredited)
Young Tom Edison
Movie · as Mr. Tompkins
Trail of the Vigilantes
Movie · as Conductor
The Great McGinty
Movie · as Cook (uncredited)
Li'l Abner
Movie · as Fantastic Brown
Three Faces West
Movie · as Postman
Girl from God's Country
Movie · as Barber
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie · as Slim
Stand Up and Fight
Movie · as Coach Driver
Let Freedom Ring
Movie · as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
Down the Wyoming Trail
Movie · as Slim
Second Fiddle
Movie · as Steve - Crane Operator
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Movie · as Ranch Hand
Slightly Honorable
Movie · as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Movie · as Suspect
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Movie · as Lars (uncredited)
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Movie · as Man in Store
Chip of the Flying U
Movie · as Station Agent
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Movie · as Steve
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie · as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
On the Great White Trail
Movie · as Lyons
Adventure's End
Movie · as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
Western Gold
Movie · as Jasper
God's Country and the Woman
Movie · as Turpentine
Small Town Boy
Movie · as Abner Towner
Two Gun Law
Movie · as Cassius
White Bondage
Movie · as Luke Stacey
The Broken Coin
Movie
Three Godfathers
Movie · as 'Buck Tooth'
Down to the Sea
Movie · as Andy
Yellow Dust
Movie · as Jugger - the Bartender
Fury
Movie · as Jorgeson (uncredited)
Song of the Saddle
Movie · as Little Casino
Man Hunt
Movie · as Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
The Captain's Kid
Movie · as Deputy Jake Hutchinson
O'Malley of the Mounted
Movie · as Gabby - the Cook
Laughing at Trouble
Movie · as Lem Parker
The Fighting Marines
Movie · as Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
The Drunkard
Movie · as Farmer Gates
Big Boy Rides Again
Movie · as Ranch Foreman Scarface
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Movie · as Kinso
The Last of the Clintons
Movie · as Jed Clinton
Gun Play
Movie · as Brawler (uncredited)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Movie · as Lanky
Western Frontier
Movie · as Slim
Mississippi
Movie · as Guest (uncredited)
Whispering Smith Speaks
Movie · as Bill Prouty
Moonlight on the Prairie
Movie · as Tall Saloon Cowboy
Waterfront Lady
Movie · as Alex
Ruggles of Red Gap
Movie · as Curly - Cowboy
Shipmates Forever
Movie · as Loafer (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
Movie · as Farmer
The Marriage Bargain
Movie · as Jeff Thompson
Frontier Days
Movie · as Deputy Tex Hatch
Thunder Over Texas
Movie · as Dick
Inside Information
Movie · as Rice - Thin Detective
Twisted Rails
Movie · as Tom Watson
Damaged Lives
Movie · as Undetermined Role
Face in the Sky
Movie · as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Movie · as The General
Partners
Movie · as Deputy Lem
King of the Wild
Movie · as Peterson
The Squaw Man
Movie · as Andy
Selling Shorts
Movie · as Slim Bassil
Scandal Sheet
Movie · as Reporter
Ten Cents a Dance
Movie · as Smith, a Sailor
Forward, March!
Movie
The Bad One
Movie · as Sailor
Call of the West
Movie · as Trig Peters
The Virtuous Sin
Movie · as Sentry
Doughboys
Movie · as Svendenburg
Paradise Island
Movie · as Swede
The Virginian
Movie · as Nebrasky
Border Romance
Movie · as Slim
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Movie · as Tom Turner
Captain Swagger
Movie · as Jean
Melody of Love
Movie · as The Gawk
What Price Beauty?
Movie
Uneasy Payments
Movie · as Press Agent
Two Arabian Sights
Movie · as The Drummer
The Lodge in the Wilderness
Movie · as Goofus
Racing Romance
Movie · as Constable
Morganson's Finish
Movie · as Ole Jensen
The Bar-C Mystery
Movie
Below the Line
Movie · as 'Cuckoo' Niles
Ten Days
Movie
Contraband
Movie · as George Bogardus
A Lost Lady
Movie · as Ivy Peters
The Law Forbids
Movie · as Joel Andrews
A Self-Made Failure
Movie · as Pokey Jones
Along Came Ruth
Movie · as Oscar Sims
Reno
Movie · as Detective McRae
The Meanest Man in the World
Movie · as Lute Boon
Refuge
Movie · as Alphonse
Modern Matrimony
Movie · as Junior Rutherford
Itching Palms
Movie · as The Village Dumbbell
The Sheik of Hollywood
Movie
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Movie · as Hiram Maxwell
A Tailor-Made Man
Movie · as Peter
Step on It!
Movie · as Noisy Johnson
The Loaded Door
Movie · as Slim
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
Movie · as The Poet
Lavender and Old Lace
Movie · as Joe Pendleton
One a Minute
Movie · as Jingo Pitts
Bob Hampton of Placer
Movie · as Willie McNeil
The Heart of a Child
Movie · as Charley Peastone
Water, Water, Everywhere
Movie · as Steve Brainard
Mary's Ankle
Movie · as Johnny Stokes
Billions
Movie · as Pushkin
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Movie
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Movie · as Constable Sam
Full of Pep
Movie · as Beanpole
A Petal on the Current
Movie
The Amateur Adventuress
Movie · as Gregory Charles Sentel
In Mizzoura
Movie · as Dave
Who's Your Father?
Movie · as Comedy Role
Baseball Madness
Movie
Hearts and Saddles
Movie
Just a Few Little Things
Movie · as Archie
What Darwin Missed
Movie · as Professor Alonzo Bozzle
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
Movie · as The Minister
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie's Home-Coming
Movie · as Slippery Slim
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
Movie · as Slippery Slim
The Battle of Snakeville
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sentimental Sophie
Movie · as Slippery Slim
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Ingomar of the Hills
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
Movie · as A Cattle Owner
The Revenue Agent
Movie · as The Minister
The Bachelor's Burglar
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
Movie
Broncho Billy Steps In
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
Movie
Versus Sledge Hammers
Movie · as The Count
His Regeneration
Movie · as Pawn Shop Clerk
Sophie's Sweetheart
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Blind Pig
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Slippery Slim Gets Square
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
Movie
Snakeville's Rising Sons
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
Movie · as The Storekeeper
Broncho Billy-Guardian
Movie
Snakeville's New Doctor
Movie · as Slippery Slim
A Night on the Road
Movie · as Sheriff's Assistant
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
Movie · as Slippery Slim
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy Rewarded
Movie · as The Hotel Proprietor
A Gamblers' Way
Movie · as The Bartender
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
Movie · as Slippery Slim
What Came to Bar Q
Movie · as Bartender
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Sermon
Movie · as The Sheriff
Broncho Billy's Leap
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
Movie · as The Hotel Clerk
Sophie Starts Something
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie Pulls a Good One
Movie · as Slippery Slim
The Snakeville Volunteer
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Pie for Sophie
Movie · as Snicklefritz
The Wooing of Sophie
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie Finds a Hero
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie Gets Stung
Movie · as Slippery Slim
A Horse on Sophie
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Reform Wave
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Snakeville's New Waitress
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy Wins Out
Movie · as The School Trustee
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
Movie
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
Movie
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
Movie
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
Movie · as Slippery Slim
The Good-for-Nothing
Movie · as Old Clerk
The Making of Broncho Billy
Movie
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
Movie
Broncho Billy Reforms
Movie · as A Thief
Broncho Billy's Squareness
Movie
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Movie · as Jailer
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
Movie
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Movie · as Dr. Huff
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
Movie
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Oath
Movie
The Last Laugh
Movie
The Three Gamblers
Movie
Sophie's Hero
Movie · as Slippery Slim
A Romance of the Hills
Movie
That Pair from Thespia
Movie · as Second Actor
A Snakeville Courtship
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Sophie's New Foreman
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
Movie · as The Druggist
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Movie · as Outlaw
The Tomboy on Bar Z
Movie
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
Movie
A Child of the West
Movie
The Tenderfoot Foreman
Movie
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
Movie
The Oath of His Office
Movie
The Prospector's Legacy
Movie
The Biter Bitten
Movie
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
Movie
Alkali Ike's Pants
Movie
On the Cactus Trail
Movie
A Story of Montana
Movie
Broncho Billy's Pal
Movie
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
Movie
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
Movie
An Indian Sunbeam
Movie · as A Cowboy
Alkali Ike Stung!
Movie
An Indian's Friendship
Movie
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
Movie · as Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
Movie
Broncho Billy's Promise
Movie
The Loafer
Movie
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
Movie
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
Movie
Alkali Ike's Auto
Movie
The Count and the Cowboys
Movie · as The Count
The Border Ranger
Movie
The Two Reformations
Movie
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
Movie · as Lank
The Bad Man's Downfall
Movie
Across the Plains
Movie
The Sheriff's Chum
Movie
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
Movie
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
Movie
The Puncher's New Love
Movie
The Infant at Snakeville
Movie
A Hungry Pair
Movie · as Skinny
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
Movie
The Two Fugitives
Movie
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
Movie · as Slippery Slim
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
Movie
Town Hall, Tonight
Movie · as The Tall Schultz Brother
The Forester's Plea
Movie
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
Movie
Broncho Billy's Adventure
Movie · as Cowboy
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
Movie · as Lank
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
Movie
Hank and Lank—Uninvited Guests
Movie · as Lank
The Silent Message
Movie
A Westerner's Way
Movie
Hank and Lank, Lifesavers
Movie · as Lank
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
Movie · as Lank
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
Movie
A Cowboy's Vindication
Movie
The Tenderfoot Messenger
Movie
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
Movie · as Lank
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
Movie
A Dog on Business
Movie
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
Movie · as Lank
The Tout's Remembrance
Movie
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
Movie · as Lank
Patricia of the Plains
Movie
The Bearded Bandit
Movie