Victor Potel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1889-10-12
Day of Death
1947-03-08 (57 years old)
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Victor Potel
Biography
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.
Acting
(1947)
The Egg and I
as Crowbar
(1947)
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Prof. Potelle
(1947)
Yankee Fakir
as Contest Chairman
(1947)
(1946)
The Glass Alibi
as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
(1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Train Fireman
(1945)
A Medal for Benny
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
(1945)
Rhythm Round-Up
as Slim Jensen
(1944)
(1944)
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Newspaper Editor
(1944)
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
(1944)
The Great Moment
as First Dental Patient
(1943)
The Good Fellows
as Branders (uncredited)
(1943)
Wagon Wheels West
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
(1942)
The Palm Beach Story
as Mr. McKeewie
(1942)
The Man in the Trunk
as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lady Eve
as Second Steward (uncredited)
(1941)
Sullivan's Travels
as Cameraman
(1941)
Pot o' Gold
as Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Lem
(1941)
Ride on Vaquero
as Ole
(1940)
Three Faces West
as Postman
(1940)
The Great McGinty
as Cook (uncredited)
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Conductor
(1940)
Christmas in July
as Davenola Salesman
(1940)
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Tompkins
(1940)
Li'l Abner
as Fantastic Brown
(1940)
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1940)
Girl from God's Country
as Barber
(1939)
Slightly Honorable
as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
(1939)
Stand Up and Fight
as Coach Driver
(1939)
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Suspect
(1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Slim
(1939)
Second Fiddle
as Steve - Crane Operator
(1939)
Let Freedom Ring
as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
(1939)
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Man in Store
(1939)
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Lars (uncredited)
(1939)
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Slim
(1939)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Ranch Hand
(1939)
Chip of the Flying U
as Station Agent
(1938)
The Girl of the Golden West
as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
(1938)
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Steve
(1938)
On the Great White Trail
as Lyons
(1937)
Adventure's End
as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
(1937)
White Bondage
as Luke Stacey
(1937)
God's Country and the Woman
as Turpentine
(1937)
Two Gun Law
as Cassius
(1937)
Small Town Boy
as Abner Towner
(1937)
Western Gold
as Jasper
(1936)
Fury
as Jorgeson (uncredited)
(1936)
Three Godfathers
as 'Buck Tooth'
(1936)
The Captain's Kid
as Deputy Jake Hutchinson
(1936)
Man Hunt
as Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
(1936)
Laughing at Trouble
as Lem Parker
(1936)
Song of the Saddle
as Little Casino
(1936)
(1936)
Yellow Dust
as Jugger - the Bartender
(1936)
Down to the Sea
as Andy
(1936)
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Gabby - the Cook
(1935)
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Curly - Cowboy
(1935)
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Lanky
(1935)
Mississippi
as Guest (uncredited)
(1935)
Gun Play
as Brawler (uncredited)
(1935)
Waterfront Lady
as Alex
(1935)
Western Frontier
as Slim
(1935)
The Last of the Clintons
as Jed Clinton
(1935)
She Couldn't Take It
as Farmer
(1935)
Big Boy Rides Again
as Ranch Foreman Scarface
(1935)
Shipmates Forever
as Loafer (uncredited)
(1935)
The Fighting Marines
as Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
(1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Kinso
(1935)
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Tall Saloon Cowboy
(1935)
The Drunkard
as Farmer Gates
(1935)
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Bill Prouty
(1934)
Twisted Rails
as Tom Watson
(1934)
Inside Information
as Rice - Thin Detective
(1934)
Frontier Days
as Deputy Tex Hatch
(1934)
Thunder Over Texas
as Dick
(1933)
Damaged Lives
as Undetermined Role
(1933)
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as The General
(1933)
Face in the Sky
as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
(1932)
Partners
as Deputy Lem
(1931)
Ten Cents a Dance
as Smith, a Sailor
(1931)
Scandal Sheet
as Reporter
(1931)
The Squaw Man
as Andy
(1931)
King of the Wild
as Peterson
(1931)
Selling Shorts
as Slim Bassil
(1930)
The Virtuous Sin
as Sentry
(1930)
Paradise Island
as Swede
(1930)
The Bad One
as Sailor
(1930)
Doughboys
as Svendenburg
(1930)
(1930)
Call of the West
as Trig Peters
(1929)
The Virginian
as Nebrasky
(1929)
Border Romance
as Slim
(1928)
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Tom Turner
(1928)
Melody of Love
as The Gawk
(1928)
(1928)
Captain Swagger
as Jean
(1927)
Uneasy Payments
as Press Agent
(1926)
The Lodge in the Wilderness
as Goofus
(1926)
Morganson's Finish
as Ole Jensen
(1926)
Racing Romance
as Constable
(1925)
Below the Line
as 'Cuckoo' Niles
(1925)
(1924)
A Lost Lady
as Ivy Peters
(1924)
The Law Forbids
as Joel Andrews
(1923)
Reno
as Detective McRae
(1922)
Step on It!
as Noisy Johnson
(1922)
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Hiram Maxwell
(1922)
The Loaded Door
as Slim
(1922)
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
as The Poet
(1922)
A Tailor-Made Man
as Peter
(1921)
Bob Hampton of Placer
as Willie McNeil
(1921)
Lavender and Old Lace
as Joe Pendleton
(1921)
One a Minute
as Jingo Pitts
(1920)
The Heart of a Child
as Charley Peastone
(1920)
Billions
as Pushkin
(1920)
Water, Water, Everywhere
as Steve Brainard
(1920)
Mary's Ankle
as Johnny Stokes
(1919)
Captain Kidd, Jr.
as Constable Sam
(1919)
(1919)
Full of Pep
as Beanpole
(1919)
(1918)
Who's Your Father?
as Comedy Role
(1917)
(1917)
(1916)
What Darwin Missed
as Professor Alonzo Bozzle
(1916)
Just a Few Little Things
as Archie
(1915)
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
as Slippery Slim
(1915)
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
as Slippery Slim
(1915)
His Regeneration
as Pawn Shop Clerk
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
as A Cattle Owner
(1915)
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
as Slippery Slim
(1915)
(1915)
The Battle of Snakeville
as Slippery Slim
(1915)
(1915)
(1915)
Versus Sledge Hammers
as The Count
(1915)
Sentimental Sophie
as Slippery Slim
(1915)
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
as The Minister
(1915)
The Revenue Agent
as The Minister
(1915)
Sophie's Home-Coming
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
The Good-for-Nothing
as Old Clerk
(1914)
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Broncho Billy's Sermon
as The Sheriff
(1914)
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Broncho Billy Wins Out
as The School Trustee
(1914)
Sophie Finds a Hero
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
What Came to Bar Q
as Bartender
(1914)
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
A Night on the Road
as Sheriff's Assistant
(1914)
Pie for Sophie
as Snicklefritz
(1914)
Snakeville's Blind Pig
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
A Horse on Sophie
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
The Snakeville Volunteer
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Slippery Slim Gets Square
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
A Gamblers' Way
as The Bartender
(1914)
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Broncho Billy Rewarded
as The Hotel Proprietor
(1914)
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
as The Hotel Clerk
(1914)
Sophie Gets Stung
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Snakeville's Rising Sons
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
The Wooing of Sophie
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Sophie Pulls a Good One
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Snakeville's New Doctor
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Sophie Starts Something
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Sophie's Sweetheart
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
Snakeville's Reform Wave
as Slippery Slim
(1914)
(1914)
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
as The Storekeeper
(1914)
Snakeville's New Waitress
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
as The Druggist
(1913)
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
as Outlaw
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
as Jailer
(1913)
That Pair from Thespia
as Second Actor
(1913)
(1913)
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
(1913)
(1913)
A Snakeville Courtship
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
Sophie's New Foreman
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
(1913)
Broncho Billy Reforms
as A Thief
(1913)
(1913)
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
as Slippery Slim
(1913)
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
as Dr. Huff
(1913)
Sophie's Hero
as Slippery Slim
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
as Slippery Slim
(1912)
An Indian Sunbeam
as A Cowboy
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1912)
(1911)
Broncho Billy's Adventure
as Cowboy
(1911)
The Count and the Cowboys
as The Count
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
as Slippery Slim
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
Town Hall, Tonight
as The Tall Schultz Brother
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
(1911)
A Hungry Pair
as Skinny
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
as Lank
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
as Lank
(1910)
(1910)
(1910)
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
as Lank
(1910)
(1910)
Crew
(1936)
The Broken Coin
Dialogue
(1935)
Million Dollar Haul
Writer
(1934)
Inside Information
Story