Victor Potel
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.
282 acting credits
Acting · 282
Fury
1936
Sullivan's Travels
1941
The Lady Eve
1941
The Palm Beach Story
1942
The Virginian
1929
The Egg and I
1947
Pot o' Gold
1941
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935
Let Freedom Ring
1939
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Christmas in July
1940
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
Waterfront Lady
1935
Mississippi
1935
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944
The Great Moment
1944
The Great McGinty
1940
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
Scandal Sheet
1931
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Young Tom Edison
1940
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
Shipmates Forever
1935
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
Three Faces West
1940
Western Gold
1937
Three Godfathers
1936
Song of the Saddle
1936
Doughboys
1930
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935
Slightly Honorable
1939
Adventure's End
1937
Laughing at Trouble
1936
The Squaw Man
1931
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938
She Couldn't Take It
1935
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
Man Hunt
1936
Second Fiddle
1939
Ride on Vaquero
1941
Face in the Sky
1933
Paradise Island
1930
The Captain's Kid
1936
His Regeneration
1915
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
Li'l Abner
1940
Stand Up and Fight
1939
The Girl of the Golden West
1938
Gun Play
1935
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940
The Law Forbids
1924
Wagon Wheels West
1943
Damaged Lives
1933
The Glass Alibi
1946
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
Yankee Fakir
1947
Down to the Sea
1936
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922
Frontier Days
1934
A Medal for Benny
1945
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935
Ten Days
1925
The Fighting Marines
1935
Captain Swagger
1928
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
Inside Information
1934
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
Ten Cents a Dance
1931
God's Country and the Woman
1937
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
Call of the West
1930
Two Gun Law
1937
Reno
1923
Twisted Rails
1934
A Petal on the Current
1919
The Man in the Trunk
1942
Western Frontier
1935
The Good Fellows
1943
A Romance of the Hills
1913
A Tailor-Made Man
1922
The Bad One
1930
Racing Romance
1926
The Virtuous Sin
1930
Step on It!
1922
Girl from God's Country
1940
The Good-for-Nothing
1914
King of the Wild
1931
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939
Yellow Dust
1936
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935
One a Minute
1921
White Bondage
1937
The Lodge in the Wilderness
1926
A Child of the West
1912
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928
Small Town Boy
1937
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912
The Count and the Cowboys
1911
A Night on the Road
1914
On the Great White Trail
1938
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
Forward, March!
1930
Partners
1932
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914
Selling Shorts
1931
Border Romance
1929
Uneasy Payments
1927
The Drunkard
1935
Chip of the Flying U
1939
A Lost Lady
1924
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
1911
The Tomboy on Bar Z
1912
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910
The Last of the Clintons
1935
Broncho Billy Reforms
1913
Thunder Over Texas
1934
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
1914
The Meanest Man in the World
1923
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921
Along Came Ruth
1924
What Darwin Missed
1916
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
The Two Reformations
1911
The Three Gamblers
1913
On the Cactus Trail
1912
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914
The Infant at Snakeville
1911
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914
Versus Sledge Hammers
1915
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912
Modern Matrimony
1923
A Westerner's Way
1910
Itching Palms
1923
Broncho Billy's Oath
1913
Big Boy Rides Again
1935
The Bad Man's Downfall
1911
Sophie's Sweetheart
1914
What Price Beauty?
1928
Broncho Billy's Adventure
1911
Below the Line
1925
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914
Broncho Billy Rewarded
1914
Snakeville's Blind Pig
1914
Contraband
1925
Town Hall, Tonight
1911
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
The Loaded Door
1922
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913
Billions
1920
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912
The Puncher's New Love
1911
Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
1913
The Loafer
1912
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920
The Heart of a Child
1920
The Forester's Plea
1911
Lavender and Old Lace
1921
Who's Your Father?
1918
Melody of Love
1928
Broncho Billy Wins Out
1914
A Story of Montana
1912
A Snakeville Courtship
1913
Alkali Ike Stung!
1912
Morganson's Finish
1926
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
A Horse on Sophie
1914
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
1911
Ingomar of the Hills
1915
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914
A Self-Made Failure
1924
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
1915
A Gamblers' Way
1914
Sentimental Sophie
1915
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
1910
An Indian's Friendship
1912
In Mizzoura
1919
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
1911
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
1910
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
1913
Across the Plains
1911
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
1911
The Revenue Agent
1915
Sophie Finds a Hero
1914
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
Alkali Ike's Auto
1911
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
Just a Few Little Things
1916
The Biter Bitten
1912
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
1910
The Marriage Bargain
1935
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
The Last Laugh
1913
Alkali Ike's Pants
1912
The Sheriff's Chum
1911
Baseball Madness
1917
The Tenderfoot Messenger
1910
Patricia of the Plains
1910
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913
The Battle of Snakeville
1915
The Oath of His Office
1912
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913
Broncho Billy's Promise
1912
Full of Pep
1919
Sophie Starts Something
1914
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
1914
The Wooing of Sophie
1914
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915
The Making of Broncho Billy
1913
The Broken Coin
1936
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
1922
A Dog on Business
1910
Snakeville's Reform Wave
1914
What Came to Bar Q
1914
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
1910
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
1913
Hearts and Saddles
1917
Refuge
1923
Sophie's Home-Coming
1915
That Pair from Thespia
1913
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
1913
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
1910
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915
A Cowboy's Vindication
1910
Sophie Gets Stung
1914
Mary's Ankle
1920
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
1915
The Bearded Bandit
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
1910
Pie for Sophie
1914
The Border Ranger
1911
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
1912
The Prospector's Legacy
1912
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
1913
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914
The Silent Message
1910
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
1910
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913
Sophie's New Foreman
1913
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
1914
The Two Fugitives
1911
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
1910
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
1912
Slippery Slim Gets Square
1914
The Tenderfoot Foreman
1912
Sophie's Hero
1913
Snakeville's Rising Sons
1914
A Hungry Pair
1911
An Indian Sunbeam
1912
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
1914
Snakeville's New Waitress
1914
The Amateur Adventuress
1919
Sophie Pulls a Good One
1914
The Snakeville Volunteer
1914