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