Victor Potel
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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.
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Films (287)
The Egg and I
1947 · Crowbar
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Prof. Potelle
Yankee Fakir
1947 · Contest Chairman
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
The Glass Alibi
1946 · Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
Rhythm Round-Up
1945 · Slim Jensen
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945 · Train Fireman
A Medal for Benny
1945 · Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
Strange Illusion
1945 · Mac
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Newspaper Editor
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
The Great Moment
1944 · First Dental Patient
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Wagon Wheels West
1943 · Posse Rider (uncredited)
The Good Fellows
1943 · Branders (uncredited)
The Man in the Trunk
1942 · Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
The Palm Beach Story
1942 · Mr. McKeewie
Sullivan's Travels
1941 · Cameraman
Ride on Vaquero
1941 · Ole
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Lem
Pot o' Gold
1941 · Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
The Lady Eve
1941 · Second Steward (uncredited)
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940 · Conductor
Li'l Abner
1940 · Fantastic Brown
Christmas in July
1940 · Davenola Salesman
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Policeman (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
1940 · Cook (uncredited)
Girl from God's Country
1940 · Barber
Three Faces West
1940 · Postman
Young Tom Edison
1940 · Mr. Tompkins
Slightly Honorable
1939 · Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
Chip of the Flying U
1939 · Station Agent
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 · Man in Store
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Lars (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Ranch Hand
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Suspect
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Slim
Second Fiddle
1939 · Steve - Crane Operator
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939 · Slim
Let Freedom Ring
1939 · Ole Swensen (uncredited)
Stand Up and Fight
1939 · Coach Driver
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 · Steve
On the Great White Trail
1938 · Lyons
The Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Lem - Stagecoach Driver
Adventure's End
1937 · Tall Sailor (uncredited)
Small Town Boy
1937 · Abner Towner
Western Gold
1937 · Jasper
White Bondage
1937 · Luke Stacey
Two Gun Law
1937 · Cassius
God's Country and the Woman
1937 · Turpentine
Laughing at Trouble
1936 · Lem Parker
The Captain's Kid
1936 · Deputy Jake Hutchinson
Fury
1936 · Jorgeson (uncredited)
Down to the Sea
1936 · Andy
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936 · Gabby - the Cook
Yellow Dust
1936 · Jugger - the Bartender
Three Godfathers
1936 · 'Buck Tooth'
Song of the Saddle
1936 · Little Casino
Man Hunt
1936 · Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
The Broken Coin
1936 · Dialogue
Gun Play
1935 · Brawler (uncredited)
The Fighting Marines
1935 · Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
The Last of the Clintons
1935 · Jed Clinton
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935 · Tall Saloon Cowboy
Shipmates Forever
1935 · Loafer (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · Farmer
Waterfront Lady
1935 · Alex
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · Kinso
Western Frontier
1935 · Slim
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935 · Bill Prouty
The Drunkard
1935 · Farmer Gates
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935 · Lanky
Million Dollar Haul
1935 · Writer
Mississippi
1935 · Guest (uncredited)
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935 · Curly - Cowboy
The Marriage Bargain
1935 · Jeff Thompson
Big Boy Rides Again
1935 · Ranch Foreman Scarface
Frontier Days
1934 · Deputy Tex Hatch
Thunder Over Texas
1934 · Dick
Inside Information
1934 · Rice - Thin Detective, Story
Twisted Rails
1934 · Tom Watson
Damaged Lives
1933 · Undetermined Role
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · The General
Face in the Sky
1933 · Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Partners
1932 · Deputy Lem
Selling Shorts
1931 · Slim Bassil
The Squaw Man
1931 · Andy
King of the Wild
1931 · Peterson
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Reporter
Ten Cents a Dance
1931 · Smith, a Sailor
Forward, March!
1930
The Virtuous Sin
1930 · Sentry
Doughboys
1930 · Svendenburg
Paradise Island
1930 · Swede
Call of the West
1930 · Trig Peters
The Bad One
1930 · Sailor
The Virginian
1929 · Nebrasky
Border Romance
1929 · Slim
Captain Swagger
1928 · Jean
Melody of Love
1928 · The Gawk
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928 · Tom Turner
What Price Beauty?
1928
Two Arabian Sights
1927 · The Drummer
Uneasy Payments
1927 · Press Agent
Racing Romance
1926 · Constable
The Lodge in the Wilderness
1926 · Goofus
Morganson's Finish
1926 · Ole Jensen
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Below the Line
1925 · 'Cuckoo' Niles
Contraband
1925 · George Bogardus
Ten Days
1925
A Lost Lady
1924 · Ivy Peters
Along Came Ruth
1924 · Oscar Sims
A Self-Made Failure
1924 · Pokey Jones
The Law Forbids
1924 · Joel Andrews
Reno
1923 · Detective McRae
The Meanest Man in the World
1923 · Lute Boon
Modern Matrimony
1923 · Junior Rutherford
Itching Palms
1923 · The Village Dumbbell
Refuge
1923 · Alphonse
The Sheik of Hollywood
1923
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922 · Hiram Maxwell
The Loaded Door
1922 · Slim
A Tailor-Made Man
1922 · Peter
Step on It!
1922 · Noisy Johnson
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
1922 · The Poet
One a Minute
1921 · Jingo Pitts
Lavender and Old Lace
1921 · Joe Pendleton
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921 · Willie McNeil
Billions
1920 · Pushkin
The Heart of a Child
1920 · Charley Peastone
Mary's Ankle
1920 · Johnny Stokes
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920 · Steve Brainard
In Mizzoura
1919 · Dave
A Petal on the Current
1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Full of Pep
1919 · Beanpole
The Amateur Adventuress
1919 · Gregory Charles Sentel
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919 · Constable Sam
Who's Your Father?
1918 · Comedy Role
Baseball Madness
1917
Hearts and Saddles
1917
What Darwin Missed
1916 · Professor Alonzo Bozzle
Just a Few Little Things
1916 · Archie
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915
Versus Sledge Hammers
1915 · The Count
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
The Revenue Agent
1915 · The Minister
His Regeneration
1915 · Pawn Shop Clerk
Ingomar of the Hills
1915
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915 · A Cattle Owner
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915 · Slippery Slim
Sophie's Home-Coming
1915 · Slippery Slim
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915 · Slippery Slim
Sentimental Sophie
1915 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
1915 · The Minister
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
1915 · Slippery Slim
The Battle of Snakeville
1915 · Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Rising Sons
1914 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914
Slippery Slim Gets Square
1914 · Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Blind Pig
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie's Sweetheart
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
1914 · Slippery Slim
Snakeville's Reform Wave
1914 · Slippery Slim
A Horse on Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914 · Slippery Slim
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914 · Slippery Slim
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914 · Slippery Slim
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy Rewarded
1914 · The Hotel Proprietor
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
1914 · Slippery Slim
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
1914 · Slippery Slim
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
1914 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
Broncho Billy Wins Out
1914 · The School Trustee
Snakeville's New Waitress
1914 · Slippery Slim
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie Gets Stung
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie Finds a Hero
1914 · Slippery Slim
The Wooing of Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914 · The Hotel Clerk
The Snakeville Volunteer
1914 · Slippery Slim
The Good-for-Nothing
1914 · Old Clerk
Sophie Pulls a Good One
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie Starts Something
1914 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914 · The Sheriff
Pie for Sophie
1914 · Snicklefritz
A Gamblers' Way
1914 · The Bartender
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914
What Came to Bar Q
1914 · Bartender
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914 · The Storekeeper
A Night on the Road
1914 · Sheriff's Assistant
Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914 · Slippery Slim
A Snakeville Courtship
1913 · Slippery Slim
That Pair from Thespia
1913 · Second Actor
Sophie's New Foreman
1913 · Slippery Slim
The Three Gamblers
1913
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913
A Romance of the Hills
1913
Sophie's Hero
1913 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913
The Last Laugh
1913
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
1913 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Oath
1913
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913 · The Druggist
Broncho Billy Reforms
1913 · A Thief
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913 · Outlaw
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
1913 · Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
1913 · Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
1913 · Slippery Slim
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913 · Dr. Huff
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913 · Jailer
The Making of Broncho Billy
1913
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
1913
Broncho Billy's Promise
1912
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
1912 · Slippery Slim
An Indian's Friendship
1912
The Tomboy on Bar Z
1912
Alkali Ike Stung!
1912
An Indian Sunbeam
1912 · A Cowboy
Alkali Ike's Pants
1912
The Tenderfoot Foreman
1912
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912
A Story of Montana
1912
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
On the Cactus Trail
1912
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912
The Biter Bitten
1912
The Prospector's Legacy
1912
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
The Oath of His Office
1912
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
1912
The Loafer
1912
A Child of the West
1912
Broncho Billy's Adventure
1911 · Cowboy
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
The Forester's Plea
1911
Town Hall, Tonight
1911 · The Tall Schultz Brother
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
1911 · Slippery Slim
The Two Fugitives
1911
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911
A Hungry Pair
1911 · Skinny
The Infant at Snakeville
1911
Alkali Ike's Auto
1911
The Puncher's New Love
1911
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
1911
Across the Plains
1911
The Sheriff's Chum
1911
The Bad Man's Downfall
1911
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
1911 · Lank
The Two Reformations
1911
The Border Ranger
1911
The Count and the Cowboys
1911 · The Count
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
1910 · Lank
The Tenderfoot Messenger
1910
A Cowboy's Vindication
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
1910
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
1910 · Lank
Hank and Lank, Lifesavers
1910 · Lank
A Westerner's Way
1910
The Silent Message
1910
Hank and Lank—Uninvited Guests
1910 · Lank
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
1910 · Lank
The Bearded Bandit
1910
Patricia of the Plains
1910
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
1910 · Lank
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
1910 · Lank
A Dog on Business
1910
Saxophobia
· Story
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