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Victor Potel

Victor Potel

Known for ActingBorn 1889-10-12Died 1947-03-08Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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.Read more

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Trail of the Vigilantes10.0
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Trail of the Vigilantes

1940 · Movie

Two Gun Law10.0
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Two Gun Law

1937 · Movie

Man Hunt10.0
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Man Hunt

1936 · Movie

Whispering Smith Speaks10.0
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Whispering Smith Speaks

1935 · Movie

Scandal Sheet10.0
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Scandal Sheet

1931 · Movie

What Price Beauty?10.0
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What Price Beauty?

1928 · Movie

Uneasy Payments
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Uneasy Payments

1927 · Movie

A Lost Lady10.0
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A Lost Lady

1924 · Movie

A Self-Made Failure
10.0
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A Self-Made Failure

1924 · Movie

Quincy Adams Sawyer10.0
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Quincy Adams Sawyer

1922 · Movie

Full of Pep10.0
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Full of Pep

1919 · Movie

Just a Few Little Things
10.0
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Just a Few Little Things

1916 · Movie

What Darwin Missed
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What Darwin Missed

1916 · Movie

Snakeville's Blind Pig10.0
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Snakeville's Blind Pig

1914 · Movie

Slippery Slim Gets Square10.0
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Slippery Slim Gets Square

1914 · Movie

Snakeville's Rising Sons10.0
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Snakeville's Rising Sons

1914 · Movie

Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie10.0
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Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie

1914 · Movie

The Wooing of Sophie10.0
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The Wooing of Sophie

1914 · Movie

Sophie Gets Stung10.0
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Sophie Gets Stung

1914 · Movie

A Horse on Sophie10.0
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A Horse on Sophie

1914 · Movie

Broncho Billy Wins Out
10.0
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Broncho Billy Wins Out

1914 · Movie

Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need10.0
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Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need

1914 · Movie

Broncho Billy Reforms10.0
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Broncho Billy Reforms

1913 · Movie

The Accusation of Broncho Billy
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The Accusation of Broncho Billy

1913 · Movie

Sophie's Hero10.0
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Sophie's Hero

1913 · Movie

That Pair from Thespia10.0
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That Pair from Thespia

1913 · Movie

A Snakeville Courtship10.0
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A Snakeville Courtship

1913 · Movie

Sophie's New Foreman10.0
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Sophie's New Foreman

1913 · Movie

Widow Jenkins' Admirers
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Widow Jenkins' Admirers

1912 · Movie

The Ranch Girl's Mistake
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The Ranch Girl's Mistake

1912 · Movie

The Loafer
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The Loafer

1912 · Movie

Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
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Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash

1911 · Movie

A Hungry Pair
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A Hungry Pair

1911 · Movie

Broncho Bill's Last Spree10.0
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Broncho Bill's Last Spree

1911 · Movie

Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
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Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men

1910 · Movie

The Man in the Trunk9.0
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The Man in the Trunk

1942 · Movie

Girl from God's Country9.0
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Girl from God's Country

1940 · Movie

Western Gold9.0
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Western Gold

1937 · Movie

The Broken Coin
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The Broken Coin

1936 · Movie

Western Frontier9.0
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Western Frontier

1935 · Movie

Partners9.0
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Partners

1932 · Movie

Selling Shorts
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Selling Shorts

1931 · Movie

Forward, March!9.0
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Forward, March!

1930 · Movie

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come9.0
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The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come

1928 · Movie

Melody of Love9.0
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Melody of Love

1928 · Movie

Morganson's Finish
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Morganson's Finish

1926 · Movie

Below the Line9.0
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Below the Line

1925 · Movie

Along Came Ruth
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Along Came Ruth

1924 · Movie