American actor (1889–1947)
Victor Potel
Born (1889-10-12 ) October 12, 1889Died March 8, 1947(1947-03-08) (aged 57) Occupation Actor Years active 1910–1947 Spouse
Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 – March 8, 1947) was an American filmcharacter actor who began in thesilent era and appeared in more than 430 films in his 38-year career.[citation needed
Victor Potel was born inLafayette, Indiana in 1889, and his acting career goes back almost to the beginning of the commercial film industry in theUnited States . He made his first silent film in 1910, a comedy short filmed inChicago byEssanay Film Manufacturing Company calledA Dog on Business . Potel continued to make films for Essanay, appearing in dozens of films every year, including most of theBroncho Billy series, and played a character called "Slippery Slim" in 80 movies. He also appeared inUniversal Pictures ' "Snakeville" series.[ 1]
Potel's firsttalking picture wasMelody of Love , starringWalter 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 andAction Craver in 1927, and contributed the story forSaxophobia in 1927. In the following decade, in the sound era, he was the dialogue director forThe Big Chance (1933), and wrote the story forInside Information in 1934). In 1935 he provided continuity and dialogue forMillion Dollar Haul and the screenplay forHot Off the Press . In the 1940s, Potel was part ofPreston Sturges ' unofficial"stock company" of character actors , appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges.[ 2]
Potel continued to work right up until his death on March 8, 1947. The final film he worked on,Relentless [ 3]
Selected filmography [ edit ] Silent Sound Melody of Love Border Romance The Virginian The Bad One Call of the West Paradise Island Doughboys The Virtuous Sin De frente, marchen (1930) - AdormideraScandal Sheet Ten Cents a Dance King of the Wild The Squaw Man Partners Make Me a Star The Purchase Price Face in the Sky Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Damaged Lives Dancing Lady Twisted Rails Inside Information Thunder Over Texas Frontier Days Big Boy Rides Again Ruggles of Red Gap The Marriage Bargain Mississippi The Drunkard The Cowboy and the Bandit Million Dollar Haul Whispering Smith Speaks Hard Rock Harrigan Lady Tubbs The Adventures of Rex and Rinty Western Frontier Trails End The Girl Friend Waterfront Lady She Couldn't Take It Shipmates Forever Barbary Coast Moonlight on the Prairie The Last of the Clintons The Fighting Marines Gun Play Hot Off the Press The Broken Coin (1936)Man Hunt The Milky Way Yellow Dust The Music Goes 'Round Song of the Saddle Three Godfathers O'Malley of the Mounted Down to the Sea Fury We Went to College The Captain's Kid Four Days' Wonder Arizona Mahoney Laughing at Trouble Lady from Nowhere God's Country and the Woman Racing Lady Two Gun Law A Day at the Races Married Before Breakfast White Bondage Western Gold On Such a Night Small Town Boy Adventure's End Swing Your Lady The Girl of the Golden West On the Great White Trail The Strange Case of Dr. Meade Stand Up and Fight Let Freedom Ring Down the Wyoming Trail The Housekeeper's Daughter Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence Blondie Brings Up Baby Rovin' Tumbleweeds Chip of the Flying U Slightly Honorable West of Carson City Young Tom Edison Enemy Agent Three Faces West The Great McGinty Girl from God's Country The Villain Still Pursued Her Christmas in July Li'l Abner Trail of the Vigilantes Road Show The Lady Eve A Girl, a Guy and a Gob Las Vegas Nights Pot o' Gold The Devil and Miss Jones The Lady from Cheyenne Ride on Vaquero The Big Store Puddin' Head New Wine (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)Never Give a Sucker an Even Break Nothing but the Truth Birth of the Blues Look Who's Laughing Sullivan's Travels The Palm Beach Story The Man in the Trunk The Valley of Vanishing Men The Sky's the Limit The Good Fellows Girl Crazy The Miracle of Morgan's Creek It Happened Tomorrow The Great Moment Hail the Conquering Hero Kansas City Kitty Goin' to Town Can't Help Singing Strange Illusion A Medal for Benny Flame of Barbary Coast Rhythm Round-Up Captain Tugboat Annie The Glass Alibi They Made Me a Killer The Return of Rusty (1946) - Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)Heldorado The Shocking Miss Pilgrim Calendar Girl The Sin of Harold Diddlebock The Devil Thumbs a Ride Ramrod The Egg and I The Farmer's Daughter Yankee Fakir The Millerson Case Relentless
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