Victor Potel
1889-10-12 ( 135 years old ) in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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.

Movies

The Egg and I 1947-05-01
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock 1947-04-04
Yankee Fakir 1947-04-01
The Devil Thumbs a Ride 1947-02-20
The Glass Alibi 1946-04-27
Rhythm Round-Up 1945-09-06
Flame of Barbary Coast 1945-05-28
A Medal for Benny 1945-04-16
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek 1944-09-18
Hail the Conquering Hero 1944-08-09
The Great Moment 1944-07-18
It Happened Tomorrow 1944-03-31
Wagon Wheels West 1943-10-30
The Good Fellows 1943-08-11
The Man in the Trunk 1942-09-19
The Palm Beach Story 1942-08-28
Sullivan's Travels 1941-11-30
Ride on Vaquero 1941-04-18
The Lady from Cheyenne 1941-04-11
Pot o' Gold 1941-04-03
The Lady Eve 1941-02-25
Trail of the Vigilantes 1940-12-13
Li'l Abner 1940-11-09
Christmas in July 1940-10-25
The Villain Still Pursued Her 1940-10-11
The Great McGinty 1940-08-01
Girl from God's Country 1940-07-30
Three Faces West 1940-07-03
Young Tom Edison 1940-03-15
Slightly Honorable 1939-12-22
Chip of the Flying U 1939-11-29
Rovin' Tumbleweeds 1939-11-16
Blondie Brings Up Baby 1939-11-08
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence 1939-11-03
The Housekeeper's Daughter 1939-10-26
Hollywood Cavalcade 1939-10-13
Second Fiddle 1939-06-30
Down the Wyoming Trail 1939-06-13
Let Freedom Ring 1939-02-24
Stand Up and Fight 1939-01-06
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade 1938-12-15
On the Great White Trail 1938-07-22
The Girl of the Golden West 1938-03-18
Adventure's End 1937-12-05
Small Town Boy 1937-09-24
Western Gold 1937-08-27
White Bondage 1937-08-05
Two Gun Law 1937-04-06
God's Country and the Woman 1937-01-16
Laughing at Trouble 1936-12-11
The Captain's Kid 1936-11-14
Fury 1936-06-05
Down to the Sea 1936-05-30
O'Malley of the Mounted 1936-03-27
Yellow Dust 1936-03-12
Three Godfathers 1936-03-06
Song of the Saddle 1936-02-28
Man Hunt 1936-01-29
The Broken Coin 1936-01-10
Gun Play 1935-12-02
The Fighting Marines 1935-11-22
The Last of the Clintons 1935-11-12
Moonlight on the Prairie 1935-11-02
Shipmates Forever 1935-10-12
She Couldn't Take It 1935-10-08
Waterfront Lady 1935-10-04
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty 1935-08-30
Western Frontier 1935-08-07
Whispering Smith Speaks 1935-05-15
The Drunkard 1935-04-03
The Cowboy and the Bandit 1935-04-02
Mississippi 1935-03-22
Ruggles of Red Gap 1935-03-08
Big Boy Rides Again 1935-01-05
Frontier Days 1934-11-14
Thunder Over Texas 1934-10-18
Inside Information 1934-09-24
Twisted Rails 1934-05-01
Damaged Lives 1933-09-15
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum 1933-02-03
Face in the Sky 1933-01-15
Partners 1932-01-08
Selling Shorts 1931-11-29
The Squaw Man 1931-07-21
King of the Wild 1931-03-01
Scandal Sheet 1931-01-31
Ten Cents a Dance 1931-01-30
Forward, March! 1930-12-11
The Virtuous Sin 1930-10-24
Doughboys 1930-08-30
Paradise Island 1930-07-15
Call of the West 1930-05-10
The Bad One 1930-05-03
The Virginian 1929-11-09
Border Romance 1929-05-25
Captain Swagger 1928-10-13
Melody of Love 1928-10-10
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come 1928-04-08
What Price Beauty? 1928-01-22
Uneasy Payments 1927-05-04
Racing Romance 1926-08-09
The Lodge in the Wilderness 1926-07-11
Morganson's Finish 1926-05-15
Below the Line 1925-09-20
Ten Days 1925-01-05
A Lost Lady 1924-12-18
Reno 1923-12-09
Quincy Adams Sawyer 1922-12-04
The Loaded Door 1922-08-14
A Tailor-Made Man 1922-08-05
Step on It! 1922-05-29
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern 1922-01-22
One a Minute 1921-06-19
Lavender and Old Lace 1921-06-01
Bob Hampton of Placer 1921-05-01
Billions 1920-12-06
The Heart of a Child 1920-04-11
Mary's Ankle 1920-02-29
Water, Water, Everywhere 1920-02-08
A Petal on the Current 1919-08-03
The Outcasts of Poker Flat 1919-06-29
Full of Pep 1919-05-26
Captain Kidd, Jr. 1919-04-05
Who's Your Father? 1918-06-30
Baseball Madness 1917-05-08
Hearts and Saddles 1917-03-31
What Darwin Missed 1916-08-12
Just a Few Little Things 1916-07-26
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp 1915-09-17
Versus Sledge Hammers 1915-09-01
Broncho Billy Steps In 1915-08-13
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber 1915-06-18
The Bachelor's Burglar 1915-05-28
The Revenue Agent 1915-05-21
His Regeneration 1915-05-07
Ingomar of the Hills 1915-04-03
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante 1915-02-20
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair 1915-02-11
Sophie's Home-Coming 1915-02-04
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese 1915-01-28
Sentimental Sophie 1915-01-21
Broncho Billy and the Sisters 1915-01-16
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs 1915-01-14
The Battle of Snakeville 1915-01-07
Snakeville's Rising Sons 1914-12-31
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office 1914-12-26
Slippery Slim Gets Square 1914-12-24
Snakeville's Blind Pig 1914-12-17
Sophie's Sweetheart 1914-12-10
Sophie's Fatal Wedding 1914-12-03
Snakeville's Reform Wave 1914-11-26
A Horse on Sophie 1914-11-19
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice 1914-11-12
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator 1914-11-05
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator 1914-10-29
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie 1914-10-22
Broncho Billy Rewarded 1914-10-17
Snakeville's Peace-Maker 1914-10-15
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion 1914-10-08
Slippery Slim Gets Cured 1914-10-01
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need 1914-09-12
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond 1914-09-05
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride 1914-08-22
Broncho Billy Wins Out 1914-08-15
Snakeville's New Waitress 1914-07-16
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat 1914-07-09
Sophie Gets Stung 1914-07-02
Sophie Finds a Hero 1914-06-25
The Wooing of Sophie 1914-06-18
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark 1914-06-13
The Snakeville Volunteer 1914-06-11
The Good-for-Nothing 1914-06-08
Sophie Pulls a Good One 1914-06-04
Sophie Starts Something 1914-05-28
Broncho Billy's Leap 1914-05-16
Broncho Billy's Sermon 1914-05-09
Pie for Sophie 1914-04-30
A Gamblers' Way 1914-02-05
Broncho Billy and the Red Man 1914-01-31
What Came to Bar Q 1914-01-29
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man 1914-01-24
A Night on the Road 1914-01-22
Broncho Billy-Guardian 1914-01-17
Snakeville's New Doctor 1914-01-10
A Snakeville Courtship 1913-12-27
That Pair from Thespia 1913-12-25
Sophie's New Foreman 1913-12-13
The Three Gamblers 1913-12-12
Broncho Billy's Squareness 1913-12-06
A Romance of the Hills 1913-12-04
Sophie's Hero 1913-11-29
Broncho Billy's First Arrest 1913-11-22
The Last Laugh 1913-11-12
Alkali Ike and the Wildman 1913-10-18
Broncho Billy's Oath 1913-10-11
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County 1913-09-27
Broncho Billy Reforms 1913-09-13
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls 1913-07-12
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist 1913-06-21
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes 1913-05-31
Alkali Ike's Homecoming 1913-04-19
The Accusation of Broncho Billy 1913-04-15
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness 1913-03-29
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter 1913-03-08
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid 1913-02-22
The Making of Broncho Billy 1913-02-01
Broncho Billy's Gun Play 1913-01-25
Broncho Billy's Promise 1912-12-21
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife 1912-11-30
Alkali Ike's Close Shave 1912-11-16
An Indian's Friendship 1912-11-09
The Tomboy on Bar Z 1912-10-21
Alkali Ike Stung! 1912-10-08
An Indian Sunbeam 1912-09-28
Alkali Ike's Pants 1912-09-21
The Tenderfoot Foreman 1912-09-11
Broncho Billy for Sheriff 1912-08-31
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil 1912-08-27
Broncho Billy's Pal 1912-07-30
A Story of Montana 1912-07-13
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape 1912-07-05
On the Cactus Trail 1912-07-02
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy 1912-03-26
The Ranch Girl's Mistake 1912-03-02
The Biter Bitten 1912-02-20
The Prospector's Legacy 1912-02-17
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress 1912-02-02
The Oath of His Office 1912-01-27
Widow Jenkins' Admirers 1912-01-23
The Loafer 1912-01-20
A Child of the West 1912-01-06
Broncho Billy's Adventure 1911-12-30
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner 1911-12-23
The Forester's Plea 1911-10-28
Town Hall, Tonight 1911-10-07
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine 1911-09-30
Broncho Bill's Last Spree 1911-09-09
The Two Fugitives 1911-07-29
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl 1911-07-08
A Hungry Pair 1911-07-05
The Infant at Snakeville 1911-06-03
Alkali Ike's Auto 1911-05-19
The Puncher's New Love 1911-05-13
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead 1911-05-06
The Indian Maiden's Lesson 1911-04-22
Across the Plains 1911-04-11
The Sheriff's Chum 1911-04-08
The Bad Man's Downfall 1911-02-11
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash 1911-01-31
The Two Reformations 1911-01-28
The Border Ranger 1911-01-21
The Count and the Cowboys 1911-01-07
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift 1910-12-24
Hank and Lank: Blind Men 1910-12-20
The Tenderfoot Messenger 1910-12-17
A Cowboy's Vindication 1910-12-10
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present 1910-12-03
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men 1910-11-22
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers 1910-11-08
A Westerner's Way 1910-11-05
The Silent Message 1910-10-29
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests 1910-10-19
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law 1910-10-15
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme 1910-10-12
The Bearded Bandit 1910-10-08
Patricia of the Plains 1910-10-01
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some 1910-09-28
The Tout's Remembrance 1910-09-24
Hank and Lank: Joyriding 1910-09-17
A Dog on Business 1910-09-07

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