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