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Victor Potel
Born · October 12, 1889
Died · March 8, 1947 (57 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Bio
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.
The Egg and I
Crowbar
7.0
1947
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Prof. Potelle
6.3
1947
Yankee Fakir
Contest Chairman
5.0
1947
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
6.5
1947
The Glass Alibi
Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
4.1
1946
Rhythm Round-Up
Slim Jensen
0.0
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
Train Fireman
5.6
1945
A Medal for Benny
Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
4.5
1945
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
Newspaper Editor
6.8
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
7.0
1944
The Great Moment
First Dental Patient
5.8
1944
It Happened Tomorrow
6.7
1944
Wagon Wheels West
Posse Rider (uncredited)
4.0
1943
The Good Fellows
Branders (uncredited)
0.0
1943
The Man in the Trunk
Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
0.0
1942
The Palm Beach Story
Mr. McKeewie
7.0
1942
Sullivan's Travels
Cameraman
7.4
1941
Ride on Vaquero
Ole
4.2
1941
The Lady from Cheyenne
Lem
5.2
1941
Pot o' Gold
Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
5.5
1941
The Lady Eve
Second Steward (uncredited)
7.2
1941
Trail of the Vigilantes
Conductor
0.0
1940
Li'l Abner
Fantastic Brown
5.9
1940
Christmas in July
Davenola Salesman
6.9
1940
The Villain Still Pursued Her
Policeman (uncredited)
5.1
1940
The Great McGinty
Cook (uncredited)
6.9
1940
Girl from God's Country
Barber
0.0
1940
Three Faces West
Postman
5.4
1940
Young Tom Edison
Mr. Tompkins
5.6
1940
Slightly Honorable
Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
5.1
1939
Chip of the Flying U
Station Agent
0.0
1939
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Man in Store
4.5
1939
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Lars (uncredited)
6.5
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Ranch Hand
6.3
1939
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Suspect
3.5
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
Slim
5.1
1939
Second Fiddle
Steve - Crane Operator
4.5
1939
Down the Wyoming Trail
Slim
4.0
1939
Let Freedom Ring
Ole Swensen (uncredited)
6.0
1939
Stand Up and Fight
Coach Driver
5.8
1939
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Steve
5.0
1938
On the Great White Trail
Lyons
5.0
1938
The Girl of the Golden West
Lem - Stagecoach Driver
4.6
1938
Adventure's End
Tall Sailor (uncredited)
5.0
1937
Small Town Boy
Abner Towner
0.0
1937
Western Gold
Jasper
0.0
1937
White Bondage
Luke Stacey
6.0
1937
Two Gun Law
Cassius
0.0
1937
God's Country and the Woman
Turpentine
4.2
1937
Laughing at Trouble
Lem Parker
6.0
1936
The Captain's Kid
Deputy Jake Hutchinson
6.0
1936
Fury
Jorgeson (uncredited)
7.5
1936
Down to the Sea
Andy
4.5
1936
O'Malley of the Mounted
Gabby - the Cook
0.0
1936
Yellow Dust
Jugger - the Bartender
4.0
1936
Three Godfathers
'Buck Tooth'
6.8
1936
Song of the Saddle
Little Casino
7.0
1936
Man Hunt
Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
0.0
1936
The Broken Coin
0.0
1936
Gun Play
Brawler (uncredited)
5.0
1935
The Fighting Marines
Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
6.0
1935
The Last of the Clintons
Jed Clinton
5.0
1935
Moonlight on the Prairie
Tall Saloon Cowboy
5.5
1935
Shipmates Forever
Loafer (uncredited)
6.5
1935
She Couldn't Take It
Farmer
4.5
1935
Waterfront Lady
Alex
5.5
1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Kinso
6.7
1935
Western Frontier
Slim
0.0
1935
Whispering Smith Speaks
Bill Prouty
0.0
1935
The Drunkard
Farmer Gates
0.0
1935
The Cowboy and the Bandit
Lanky
6.0
1935
Mississippi
Guest (uncredited)
6.7
1935
Ruggles of Red Gap
Curly - Cowboy
7.1
1935
Big Boy Rides Again
Ranch Foreman Scarface
5.0
1935
Frontier Days
Deputy Tex Hatch
4.0
1934
Thunder Over Texas
Dick
5.0
1934
Inside Information
Rice - Thin Detective
5.5
1934
Twisted Rails
Tom Watson
4.0
1934
Damaged Lives
Undetermined Role
4.3
1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
The General
7.4
1933
Face in the Sky
Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
4.5
1933
Partners
Deputy Lem
0.0
1932
Selling Shorts
Slim Bassil
0.0
1931
The Squaw Man
Andy
5.4
1931
King of the Wild
Peterson
3.2
1931
Scandal Sheet
Reporter
0.0
1931
Ten Cents a Dance
Smith, a Sailor
6.8
1931
Forward, March!
0.0
1930
The Virtuous Sin
Sentry
4.9
1930
Doughboys
Svendenburg
6.0
1930
Paradise Island
Swede
3.5
1930
Call of the West
Trig Peters
0.0
1930
The Bad One
Sailor
6.5
1930
The Virginian
Nebrasky
5.8
1929
Border Romance
Slim
6.5
1929
Captain Swagger
Jean
0.0
1928
Melody of Love
The Gawk
0.0
1928
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Tom Turner
0.0
1928
What Price Beauty?
0.0
1928
Uneasy Payments
Press Agent
0.0
1927
Racing Romance
Constable
0.0
1926
The Lodge in the Wilderness
Goofus
6.0
1926
Morganson's Finish
Ole Jensen
0.0
1926
Below the Line
'Cuckoo' Niles
10.0
1925
Ten Days
0.0
1925
A Lost Lady
Ivy Peters
0.0
1924
Reno
Detective McRae
0.0
1923
Quincy Adams Sawyer
Hiram Maxwell
0.0
1922
The Loaded Door
Slim
0.0
1922
A Tailor-Made Man
Peter
0.0
1922
Step on It!
Noisy Johnson
0.0
1922
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
The Poet
0.0
1922
One a Minute
Jingo Pitts
6.3
1921
Lavender and Old Lace
Joe Pendleton
0.0
1921
Bob Hampton of Placer
Willie McNeil
0.0
1921
Billions
Pushkin
5.0
1920
The Heart of a Child
Charley Peastone
0.0
1920
Mary's Ankle
Johnny Stokes
0.0
1920
Water, Water, Everywhere
Steve Brainard
0.0
1920
A Petal on the Current
0.0
1919
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
4.0
1919
Full of Pep
Beanpole
0.0
1919
Captain Kidd, Jr.
Constable Sam
0.0
1919
Who's Your Father?
Comedy Role
0.0
1918
Baseball Madness
0.0
1917
Hearts and Saddles
0.0
1917
What Darwin Missed
Professor Alonzo Bozzle
0.0
1916
Just a Few Little Things
Archie
0.0
1916
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
0.0
1915
Versus Sledge Hammers
The Count
5.0
1915
Broncho Billy Steps In
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
0.0
1915
The Bachelor's Burglar
0.0
1915
The Revenue Agent
The Minister
0.0
1915
His Regeneration
Pawn Shop Clerk
4.2
1915
Ingomar of the Hills
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
A Cattle Owner
0.0
1915
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
Sophie's Home-Coming
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
Sentimental Sophie
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
The Minister
0.0
1915
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
The Battle of Snakeville
Slippery Slim
0.0
1915
Snakeville's Rising Sons
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
0.0
1914
Slippery Slim Gets Square
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Snakeville's Blind Pig
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie's Sweetheart
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Snakeville's Reform Wave
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
A Horse on Sophie
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Rewarded
The Hotel Proprietor
0.0
1914
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy Wins Out
The School Trustee
0.0
1914
Snakeville's New Waitress
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie Gets Stung
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie Finds a Hero
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
The Wooing of Sophie
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
The Hotel Clerk
0.0
1914
The Snakeville Volunteer
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
The Good-for-Nothing
Old Clerk
5.0
1914
Sophie Pulls a Good One
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Sophie Starts Something
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Leap
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy's Sermon
The Sheriff
0.0
1914
Pie for Sophie
Snicklefritz
0.0
1914
A Gamblers' Way
The Bartender
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
0.0
1914
What Came to Bar Q
Bartender
6.0
1914
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
The Storekeeper
0.0
1914
A Night on the Road
Sheriff's Assistant
0.0
1914
Broncho Billy-Guardian
0.0
1914
Snakeville's New Doctor
Slippery Slim
0.0
1914
A Snakeville Courtship
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
That Pair from Thespia
Second Actor
0.0
1913
Sophie's New Foreman
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
The Three Gamblers
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Squareness
0.0
1913
A Romance of the Hills
0.0
1913
Sophie's Hero
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
0.0
1913
The Last Laugh
0.0
1913
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Oath
0.0
1913
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
The Druggist
5.0
1913
Broncho Billy Reforms
A Thief
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Outlaw
5.0
1913
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
Slippery Slim
0.0
1913
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Dr. Huff
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Jailer
0.0
1913
The Making of Broncho Billy
5.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
0.0
1913
Broncho Billy's Promise
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
0.0
1912
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
Slippery Slim
0.0
1912
An Indian's Friendship
0.0
1912
The Tomboy on Bar Z
4.0
1912
Alkali Ike Stung!
0.0
1912
An Indian Sunbeam
A Cowboy
0.0
1912
Alkali Ike's Pants
0.0
1912
The Tenderfoot Foreman
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
0.0
1912
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Pal
0.0
1912
A Story of Montana
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
5.0
1912
On the Cactus Trail
0.0
1912
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
4.0
1912
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
0.0
1912
The Biter Bitten
0.0
1912
The Prospector's Legacy
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
4.5
1912
The Oath of His Office
0.0
1912
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
0.0
1912
The Loafer
0.0
1912
A Child of the West
0.0
1912
Broncho Billy's Adventure
Cowboy
4.0
1911
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
4.5
1911
The Forester's Plea
0.0
1911
Town Hall, Tonight
The Tall Schultz Brother
0.0
1911
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
0.0
1911
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
Slippery Slim
0.0
1911
The Two Fugitives
0.0
1911
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
0.0
1911
A Hungry Pair
Skinny
0.0
1911
The Infant at Snakeville
0.0
1911
Alkali Ike's Auto
4.0
1911
The Puncher's New Love
0.0
1911
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
0.0
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
0.0
1911
Across the Plains
0.0
1911
The Sheriff's Chum
0.0
1911
The Bad Man's Downfall
0.0
1911
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
Lank
0.0
1911
The Two Reformations
0.0
1911
The Border Ranger
0.0
1911
The Count and the Cowboys
The Count
0.0
1911
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
3.5
1910
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
Lank
0.0
1910
The Tenderfoot Messenger
0.0
1910
A Cowboy's Vindication
0.0
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
4.0
1910
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
Lank
0.0
1910
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
Lank
0.0
1910
A Westerner's Way
0.0
1910
The Silent Message
0.0
1910
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
Lank
0.0
1910
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
0.0
1910
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
Lank
0.0
1910
The Bearded Bandit
4.0
1910
Patricia of the Plains
0.0
1910
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
Lank
0.0
1910
The Tout's Remembrance
0.0
1910
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
Lank
0.0
1910
A Dog on Business
0.0
1910