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