John Litel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-12-30
Day of Death
1972-02-03 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Albany, Wisconsin, USA
John Litel
Biography
John Litel was an American stage, screen, and television actor. From 1919 to 1936 he performed in several plays on Broadway. In 1929 he began appearing in films and was in over 200 movies throughout his career. Litel often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops and district attorneys. He appeared in many television series. John Litel's acting career concluded in 1967.
Acting
(1983)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1966)
Nevada Smith
as Doctor
(1965)
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Minister
(1964)
Rendezvous in Space
as Priest
(1963)
The Gun Hawk
as Drunk - Madden's father
(1961)
Pocketful of Miracles
as Police Inspector McCrary
(1961)
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
(1961)
Lover Come Back
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
(1958)
Houseboat
as Mr. William Farnsworth
(1957)
Decision at Sundown
as Charles Summerton
(1957)
The Hired Gun
as Mace Beldon
(1956)
Comanche
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
(1956)
Runaway Daughters
as George Barton
(1956)
The Wild Dakotas
as Morgan Wheeler
(1955)
The Kentuckian
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
(1955)
Double Jeopardy
as Emmett Devery
(1955)
Texas Lady
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
(1954)
Sitting Bull
as Wilford Howell
(1953)
Jack Slade
as Judge Davidson
(1952)
Scaramouche
as Dr. Dubuque
(1952)
Montana Belle
as Matt Towner
(1952)
Jet Job
as Sam Bentley
(1951)
The Texas Rangers
as John B. Jones
(1951)
Flight to Mars
as Dr. Lane
(1951)
Take Care of My Little Girl
as John Erickson (uncredited)
(1951)
Two Dollar Bettor
as John Hewitt
(1951)
Little Egypt
as Shuster
(1951)
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Uncle George
(1951)
Cuban Fireball
as Pomeroy Sr.
(1950)
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
(1950)
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Watkins
(1950)
The Sundowners
as John Gall
(1950)
Woman in Hiding
as John Chandler
(1949)
Outpost in Morocco
as Colonel Pascal
(1949)
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Capt. Billings
(1949)
Rusty Saves a Life
as Hugh Mitchell
(1949)
The Gal Who Took the West
as Colonel Logan
(1949)
Shamrock Hill
as Ralph Judson
(1949)
Rusty's Birthday
as Hugh Mitchell
(1948)
Key Largo
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
(1948)
I, Jane Doe
as Horton
(1948)
Pitfall
as District Attorney
(1948)
Smart Woman
as Clark
(1948)
My Dog Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
(1948)
Rusty Leads the Way
as Hugh Mitchell
(1948)
The Valiant Hombre
as Lon Lansdell
(1948)
(1947)
Christmas Eve
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
(1947)
The Beginning or the End
as K.T. Keller
(1947)
Heaven Only Knows
as Reverend Wainwright
(1947)
Cass Timberlane
as Webb Wargate
(1947)
The Guilty
as Alex Tremholt
(1947)
Lighthouse
as Hank Armitage
(1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Tom Clancy
(1946)
Sister Kenny
as Medical Director
(1946)
Night in Paradise
as Archon
(1946)
(1946)
Smooth as Silk
as Stephen Elliott
(1946)
She Wrote the Book
as Dean Fowler
(1946)
The Madonna's Secret
as Lt. Roberts
(1946)
Swell Guy
as Arthur Tyler
(1946)
The Return of Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
(1945)
San Antonio
as Charlie Bell
(1945)
Salome, Where She Danced
as General Lee
(1945)
The Crimson Canary
as Roger Quinn
(1945)
Brewster's Millions
as Swearengen Jones
(1945)
The Daltons Ride Again
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
(1945)
Northwest Trail
as Sergeant Means
(1945)
The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Inspector Dawes
(1945)
The Enchanted Forest
as Ed Henderson
(1944)
Murder in the Blue Room
as Frank Baldrich
(1944)
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mr. Aldrich
(1944)
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Sam Aldrich
(1944)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
(1944)
Faces in the Fog
as Dr. Mason
(1944)
My Buddy
as Father Jim Donnelly
(1943)
So Proudly We Hail
as Dr. Harrison
(1943)
Crime Doctor
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
(1943)
Submarine Base
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
(1943)
Murder in Times Square
as Dr. Blaine
(1943)
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
as Sam Aldrich
(1943)
Where Are Your Children?
as Judge Edmonds
(1943)
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Mr. Aldrich
(1943)
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Sam Aldrich
(1942)
Invisible Agent
as John Gardiner
(1942)
Kid Glove Killer
as Matty
(1942)
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Spencer Merlin
(1942)
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Norman Hadley
(1942)
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Henri Beauvais
(1942)
Henry and Dizzy
as Sam Aldrich
(1942)
Men of Texas
as Colonel Colbert Scott
(1942)
Sealed Lips
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
(1942)
Madame Spy
as Peter Rolf
(1942)
March On, America!
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1942)
The Boss of Big Town
as Michael Lynn
(1942)
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Sam Aldrich
(1942)
Soldiers in White
as Charles Anthony
(1942)
For the Common Defense!
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
(1942)
Mississippi Gambler
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
(1941)
Thieves Fall Out
as Tim Gordon
(1941)
Henry Aldrich for President
as Sam Aldrich
(1941)
The Great Mr. Nobody
as John Wade
(1941)
Father's Son
as William Emory
(1941)
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mr. West
(1941)
The Big Boss
as Bob Dugan
(1940)
Santa Fe Trail
as Martin
(1940)
Virginia City
as Marshall
(1940)
They Drive by Night
as Harry McNamara
(1940)
Flight Angels
as Dr. Barclay
(1940)
The Fighting 69th
as Captain Mangan
(1940)
Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Chaplain
(1940)
Knute Rockne All American
as Committee Chairman
(1940)
Father Is A Prince
as Dr. Mark Stone
(1940)
It All Came True
as Mr. Roberts
(1940)
Lady with Red Hair
as Charles Bryant
(1940)
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as District Attorney Dickson
(1940)
Money and the Woman
as Jerremy Helm
(1940)
Men Without Souls
as Reverend Thomas Storm
(1940)
An Angel from Texas
as Quigley
(1940)
Murder in the Air
as Saxby
(1940)
March On, Marines
as Colonel Myers
(1940)
Gambling on the High Seas
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
(1939)
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Carson Drew
(1939)
Dodge City
as Matt Cole
(1939)
The Return of Doctor X
as Dr. Flegg
(1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Attorney Carey
(1939)
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Carson Drew
(1939)
Dust Be My Destiny
as Prosecutor
(1939)
The Bill of Rights
as Patrick Henry
(1939)
Wings of the Navy
as Commander Clark
(1939)
Secret Service of the Air
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
(1939)
A Child Is Born
as Dr. Brett
(1939)
Old Glory
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
(1939)
On Dress Parade
as Col. Michael Riker
(1939)
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Carson Drew
(1939)
On Trial
as Robert Strickland
(1939)
One Hour To Live
as Rudolph Spain
(1938)
Jezebel
as Jean La Cour
(1938)
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
(1938)
Over the Wall
as Father Neil Connor
(1938)
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Ralph Ferris
(1938)
A Slight Case of Murder
as Mr. Post, banker
(1938)
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Carson Drew
(1938)
Breakdowns of 1938
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1938)
Love, Honor and Behave
as Jim Blake
(1938)
Comet Over Broadway
as Bill Appleton
(1938)
My Bill
as John C. Rudlin
(1938)
Valley of the Giants
as Hendricks
(1938)
Broadway Musketeers
as Stan Dowling
(1938)
Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
(1938)
The Declaration of Independence
as Thomas Jefferson
(1937)
Marked Woman
as Gordon
(1937)
The Life of Emile Zola
as Charpentier
(1937)
Black Legion
as Tommy Smith
(1937)
Back in Circulation
as Dr. Eugene Forde
(1937)
Midnight Court
as Victor Shanley
(1937)
Alcatraz Island
as 'Gat' Brady
(1937)
Slim
as Wyatt Ranstead
(1937)
Missing Witnesses
as Inspector Lane
(1937)
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
(1936)
Fugitive in the Sky
as Mike Phelan
(1936)
Give Me Liberty
as Patrick Henry
(1932)
Wayward
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
(1930)
(1930)
Don't Believe It
as Dick
(1930)
On the Border
as Dave (as John B. Litel)
(1929)
Finders Keepers
as (as John B. Litel)
(1929)
Always Faithful
as Wayne
(1929)