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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.
Movie | The Devil Thumbs a Ride | 1947-02-20 | |
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 | A Medal for Benny | Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited) | 1945-04-16 |
Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Train Fireman | 1945-05-28 |
Movie | Rhythm Round-Up | Slim Jensen | 1945-09-06 |
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 | 1943-12-12 |
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 | Ride on Vaquero | Ole | 1941-04-18 |
Movie | The Lady from Cheyenne | Lem | 1941-04-11 |
Movie | Sullivan's Travels | Cameraman | 1941-11-30 |
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 | Second Fiddle | Steve - Crane Operator | 1939-06-30 |
Movie | Stand Up and Fight | Coach Driver | 1939-01-06 |
Movie | Let Freedom Ring | Ole Swensen (uncredited) | 1939-02-24 |
Movie | Down the Wyoming Trail | Slim | 1939-06-13 |
Movie | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Ranch Hand | 1939-11-03 |
Movie | Slightly Honorable | Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited) | 1939-12-22 |
Movie | The Housekeeper's Daughter | Suspect | 1939-10-26 |
Movie | Chip of the Flying U | Station Agent | 1939-11-29 |
Movie | Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Man in Store | 1939-11-16 |
Movie | Blondie Brings Up Baby | Lars (uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
Movie | The Girl of the Golden West | Lem - Stagecoach Driver | 1938-03-18 |
Movie | The Strange Case of Dr. Meade | Steve | 1938-12-15 |
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 | Adventure's End | Tall Sailor (uncredited) | 1937-12-05 |
Movie | Western Gold | Jasper | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | Small Town Boy | Abner Towner | 1937-09-24 |
Movie | Song of the Saddle | Little Casino | 1936-02-28 |
Movie | Man Hunt | Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited) | 1936-01-29 |
Movie | Three Godfathers | 'Buck Tooth' | 1936-03-06 |
Movie | The Broken Coin | 1936-01-10 | |
Movie | The Captain's Kid | Deputy Jake Hutchinson | 1936-11-14 |
Movie | Yellow Dust | Jugger - the Bartender | 1936-03-12 |
Movie | Down to the Sea | Andy | 1936-05-30 |
Movie | Fury | Jorgeson (uncredited) | 1936-06-05 |
Movie | O'Malley of the Mounted | Gabby - the Cook | 1936-03-27 |
Movie | Whispering Smith Speaks | Bill Prouty | 1935-05-15 |
Movie | Western Frontier | Slim | 1935-08-07 |
Movie | The Drunkard | Farmer Gates | 1935-04-03 |
Movie | Ruggles of Red Gap | Curly - Cowboy | 1935-03-08 |
Movie | Big Boy Rides Again | Ranch Foreman Scarface | 1935-01-05 |
Movie | Mississippi | Guest | 1935-03-22 |
Movie | The Cowboy and the Bandit | Lanky | 1935-04-02 |
Movie | The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Kinso | 1935-08-30 |
Movie | Gun Play | Brawler (uncredited) | 1935-12-02 |
Movie | Waterfront Lady | Alex | 1935-10-04 |
Movie | The Fighting Marines | Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12] | 1935-11-22 |
Movie | The Last of the Clintons | Jed Clinton | 1935-11-12 |
Movie | She Couldn't Take It | Farmer | 1935-10-08 |
Movie | Shipmates Forever | Loafer (uncredited) | 1935-10-12 |
Movie | Moonlight on the Prairie | Tall Saloon Cowboy | 1935-11-02 |
Movie | Twisted Rails | Tom Watson | 1934-05-01 |
Movie | Inside Information | Rice - Thin Detective | 1934-09-24 |
Movie | Frontier Days | Deputy Tex Hatch | 1934-11-14 |
Movie | Thunder Over Texas | Dick | 1934-10-18 |
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 | Ten Cents a Dance | Smith, a Sailor | 1931-01-30 |
Movie | Scandal Sheet | Reporter | 1931-01-31 |
Movie | Selling Shorts | Slim Bassil | 1931-11-29 |
Movie | King of the Wild | Peterson | 1931-03-01 |
Movie | The Squaw Man | Andy | 1931-07-21 |
Movie | Call of the West | Trig Peters | 1930-05-10 |
Movie | Paradise Island | Swede | 1930-07-15 |
Movie | The Bad One | Sailor | 1930-05-03 |
Movie | The Virtuous Sin | Sentry | 1930-10-24 |
Movie | Doughboys | Svendenburg | 1930-08-30 |
Movie | Border Romance | Slim | 1929-05-25 |
Movie | The Virginian | Nebrasky | 1929-11-09 |
Movie | Melody of Love | The Gawk | 1928-10-10 |
Movie | Captain Swagger | Jean | 1928-10-13 |
Movie | Uneasy Payments | Press Agent | 1927-05-04 |
Movie | The Lodge in the Wilderness | 1926-07-11 | |
Movie | Morganson's Finish | Ole Jensen | 1926-05-15 |
Movie | Racing Romance | Constable | 1926-08-09 |
Movie | Below the Line | 'Cuckoo' Niles | 1925-09-20 |
Movie | Reno | Detective McRae | 1923-12-09 |
Movie | A Tailor-Made Man | Peter | 1922-08-05 |
Movie | At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern | The Poet | 1922-01-22 |
Movie | The Loaded Door | Slim | 1922-08-14 |
Movie | Quincy Adams Sawyer | Hiram Maxwell | 1922-12-04 |
Movie | One a Minute | Jingo Pitts | 1921-06-19 |
Movie | Water, Water, Everywhere | Steve Brainard | 1920-02-08 |
Movie | Billions | Pushkin | 1920-12-06 |
Movie | Captain Kidd, Jr. | Constable Sam | 1919-04-05 |
Movie | A Petal on the Current | 1919-08-03 | |
Movie | Hearts and Saddles | 1917-03-31 | |
Movie | When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese | Slippery Slim | 1915-01-28 |
Movie | Sentimental Sophie | Slippery Slim | 1915-01-21 |
Movie | His Regeneration | Pawn Shop Clerk | 1915-05-07 |
Movie | Versus Sledge Hammers | The Count | 1915-09-01 |
Movie | Pie for Sophie | Snicklefritz | 1914-04-30 |
Movie | When Slippery Slim Met the Champion | Slippery Slim | 1914-10-08 |
Movie | The Good-for-Nothing | Old Clerk | 1914-06-08 |
Movie | The Making of Broncho Billy | 1913-02-01 | |
Movie | Sophie's New Foreman | Slippery Slim | 1913-12-13 |
Movie | The Last Laugh | 1913-11-12 | |
Movie | Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress | 1912-02-02 | |
Movie | Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape | 1912-07-05 | |
Movie | The Loafer | 1912-01-20 | |
Movie | The Tomboy on Bar Z | 1912-10-21 | |
Movie | A Story of Montana | 1912-07-13 | |
Movie | Alkali Ike Stung! | 1912-10-08 | |
Movie | Alkali Ike Plays the Devil | 1912-08-27 | |
Movie | Alkali Ike's Auto | 1911-05-19 | |
Movie | The Corporation and the Ranch Girl | 1911-07-08 | |
Movie | Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men | Lank | 1910-11-22 |