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Victor Potel was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in more than 430 films in his 38-year career.
Born
Saturday, 12 October 1889
Died
Saturday, 08 March 1947
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Relentless | Barfly | 1948 |
| The Millerson Case | Hank Nixon | 1947 |
| The Egg and I | Crowbar | 1947 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Prof. Potelle | 1947 |
| Yankee Fakir | Contest Chairman | 1947 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Farmer with Destroyed Property | 1947 |
| Ramrod | Burch Nellice | 1947 |
| The Devil Thumbs a Ride | Minnie's Old Man | 1947 |
| Calendar Girl | Fireman | 1947 |
| Meet Mr. Mischief | Talk Show Host | 1947 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Relentless | Barfly | 1948 |
| The Millerson Case | Hank Nixon | 1947 |
| The Egg and I | Crowbar | 1947 |
| The Sin of Harold Diddlebock | Prof. Potelle | 1947 |
| Yankee Fakir | Contest Chairman | 1947 |
| The Farmer's Daughter | Farmer with Destroyed Property | 1947 |
| Ramrod | Burch Nellice | 1947 |
| The Devil Thumbs a Ride | Minnie's Old Man | 1947 |
| Calendar Girl | Fireman | 1947 |
| Meet Mr. Mischief | Talk Show Host | 1947 |
| The Shocking Miss Pilgrim | Speaker | 1947 |
| Heldorado | Desert Springs Station Agent | 1946 |
| The Return of Rusty | Gas Station Attendant | 1946 |
| They Made Me a Killer | Willoughby | 1946 |
| The Glass Alibi | Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel) / Gas Attendant | 1946 |
| Captain Tugboat Annie | Swenson | 1945 |
| Rhythm Round-Up | Slim Jensen | 1945 |
| Flame of Barbary Coast | Train Fireman | 1945 |
| A Medal for Benny | Pepster | 1945 |
| Strange Illusion | Mac - Game Warden | 1945 |
| Can't Help Singing | Guide | 1944 |
| Kansas City Kitty | Painter | 1944 |
| Hail the Conquering Hero | Progressive Bandleader | 1944 |
| The Great Moment | First Dental Patient | 1944 |
| It Happened Tomorrow | Joe | 1944 |
| The Miracle of Morgan's Creek | Newspaper Editor | 1943 |
| Girl Crazy | Station Master | 1943 |
| Wagon Wheels West | Posse Rider | 1943 |
| The Good Fellows | Branders | 1943 |
| The Sky's the Limit | Joe - Second Bartender | 1943 |
| The Valley of Vanishing Men | Townsman | 1942 |
| The Man in the Trunk | Deaf Floor Man | 1942 |
| The Palm Beach Story | Mr. McKeewie | 1942 |
| Sullivan's Travels | Cameraman | 1941 |
| Look Who's Laughing | Mr. Bagworthy - the Postman | 1941 |
| Birth of the Oases | Trumpet Player in Beer Garden | 1941 |
| Birth of the Blues | Trumpet Player in Beer Garden | 1941 |
| Never Give a Sucker an Even Break | Russian Magistrate Clines | 1941 |
| Nothing But the Truth | Pedestrian | 1941 |
| New Wine | Undetermined Secondary Role | 1941 |
| Puddin' Head | Hillbilly | 1941 |
| The Big Store | Swedish Blonde Children's Father | 1941 |
| Ride on Vaquero | Ole | 1941 |
| The Lady from Cheyenne | Lem | 1941 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Attendant at First Bath House | 1941 |
| Pot o' Gold | Olaf Svenson | 1941 |
| Las Vegas Nights | Cowboy Onlooker at Slot Machine | 1941 |
| A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Bystander Eating Popcorn | 1941 |
| The Lady Eve | Third Ship's Waiter | 1941 |
| Road Show | Rube | 1941 |
| Trail of the Vigilantes | Conductor | 1940 |
| Li'l Abner | Fantastic Brown | 1940 |
| Christmas in July | Davenola Salesman | 1940 |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | Policeman | 1940 |
| The Great McGinty | Cook | 1940 |
| Girl from God's Country | Barber | 1940 |
| Three Faces West | Postman | 1940 |
| Enemy Agent | George | 1940 |
| Young Tom Edison | Mr. Tompkins | 1940 |
| Chip of the Flying U | Station Agent | 1940 |
| West of Carson City | Ranch Hand Gabby | 1940 |
| Slightly Honorable | Gasoline Station Proprietor / Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| Rovin' Tumbleweeds | Man in Store | 1939 |
| Blondie Brings Up Baby | Lars | 1939 |
| Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Ranch Hand | 1939 |
| The Housekeeper's Daughter | Suspect | 1939 |
| Hollywood Cavalcade | Slim - a Counterman / Slim | 1939 |
| Second Fiddle | Steve - Crane Operator | 1939 |
| Down the Wyoming Trail | Slim | 1939 |
| Let Freedom Ring | Ole Swensen - 2nd Swede | 1939 |
| Stand Up and Fight | Coach Driver | 1939 |
| The Strange Case of Dr. Meade | Steve | 1938 |
| On the Great White Trail | Lyons | 1938 |
| The Girl of the Golden West | Lem - Stagecoach Driver | 1938 |
| Swing Your Lady | Clem | 1938 |
| Adventure's End | Tall Sailor | 1937 |
| Small Town Boy | Abner Towner | 1937 |
| On Such a Night | Louisiana Sharecropper | 1937 |
| Western Gold | Jasper | 1937 |
| White Bondage | Luke Stacey | 1937 |
| Married Before Breakfast | Tall Hobo Being Shaved | 1937 |
| A Day at the Races | Horn Blower | 1937 |
| Two Gun Law | Cassius | 1937 |
| Racing Lady | Mr. Mitchell | 1937 |
| God's Country and the Woman | Turpentine | 1937 |
| Lady from Nowhere | Abner | 1936 |
| Laughing at Trouble | Lem Parker | 1936 |
| Arizona Mahoney | Elmer - Stagecoach Helper | 1936 |
| Four Days Wonder | Postman | 1936 |
| The Captain's Kid | Deputy Jake Hutchinson | 1936 |
| We Went to College | Boatman | 1936 |
| Fury | Jorgeson - Barber Shop Customer | 1936 |
| Down to the Sea | Andy | 1936 |
| O'Malley of the Mounted | Gabby - the Cook | 1936 |
| Three Godfathers | 'Buck Tooth' | 1936 |
| Song of the Saddle | Little Casino | 1936 |
| The Music Goes 'Round | Garage Attendant | 1936 |
| Yellow Dust | Jugger - the Bartender | 1936 |
| The Milky Way | Todd Fight Spectator | 1936 |
| Man Hunt | Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office | 1936 |
| Gun Play | Brawler | 1935 |
| The Fighting Marines | Henchman - Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12] | 1935 |
| The Last of the Clintons | Jed Clinton | 1935 |
| Moonlight on the Prairie | Tall Cowboy / Tall Saloon Cowboy | 1935 |
| Barbary Coast | Wilkins | 1935 |
| Shipmates Forever | Radio Fan | 1935 |
| She Couldn't Take It | Farmer | 1935 |
| Waterfront Lady | Alex | 1935 |
| The Girl Friend | Small Town Farmer | 1935 |
| The Adventures of Rex and Rinty | Kinso, Royal Guard Commander [Chs. 1, 10-12] / Kinso | 1935 |
| Trails End | Red | 1935 |
| Western Frontier | Slim | 1935 |
| Lady Tubbs | Slim | 1935 |
| Hard Rock Harrigan | 'Big' Oscar | 1935 |
| Whispering Smith Speaks | Bill Prouty | 1935 |
| Million Dollar Haul | Schultz - Florist / Henchman | 1935 |
| The Cowboy and the Bandit | Lanky / Lanky - Henchman | 1935 |
| Mississippi | Guest | 1935 |
| Ruggles of Red Gap | Curly - Cowboy | 1935 |
| The Marriage Bargain | Jeff Thompson | 1935 |
| Big Boy Rides Again | Scarface / Ranch Foreman Scarface | 1935 |
| Frontier Days | Deputy Tex Hatch | 1934 |
| Thunder Over Texas | Dick | 1934 |
| Inside Information | Rice - Thin Detective | 1934 |
| Twisted Rails | Tom Watson | 1934 |
| Dancing Lady | Worker | 1933 |
| Damaged Lives | Policeman / Undetermined Role | 1933 |
| Hallelujah I'm a Bum | The General | 1933 |
| Face in the Sky | Ed Burns, Carnival Patron | 1933 |
| De frente, marchen | Adormidera | 1932 |
| The Purchase Price | Clyde | 1932 |
| Make Me a Star | Actor in 'Wide Open Spaces' | 1932 |
| Partners | Deputy Lem | 1932 |
| Selling Shorts | Slim Bassil | 1931 |
| The Squaw Man | Andy | 1931 |
| Ten Cents a Dance | Smith, a Sailor / Sailor Smith | 1931 |
| King of the Wild | Peterson | 1931 |
| Scandal Sheet | Reporter | 1931 |
| The Virtuous Sin | Sentry | 1930 |
| Doughboys | Svendenburg | 1930 |
| Paradise Island | Swede | 1930 |
| Call of the West | Trig Peters | 1930 |
| The Bad One | Sailor | 1930 |
| The Virginian | Nebrasky | 1929 |
| Border Romance | Slim | 1929 |
| Captain Swagger | Jean | 1928 |
| What Price Beauty? | 1928 | |
| Special Delivery | Nip - the Detective | 1927 |
| The Carnival Girl | Slim | 1926 |
| The Lodge in the Wilderness | Goofus | 1926 |
| Morganson's Finish | Ole Jensen | 1926 |
| Below the Line | 'Cuckoo' Niles | 1925 |
| Beyond the Border | Man with Smallpox | 1925 |
| Contraband | George Bogardus | 1925 |
| Along Came Ruth | Oscar Sims | 1924 |
| A Self-Made Failure | Pokey Jones | 1924 |
| The Law Forbids | Joel Andrews | 1924 |
| Women Who Give | Ephraim Doolittle | 1924 |
| Anna Christie | Minor Role | 1923 |
| The Meanest Man in the World | Lute Boon | 1923 |
| Modern Matrimony | Junior Rutherford | 1923 |
| Tea: With a Kick! | Bellboy 13 | 1923 |
| Itching Palms | The Village Dumbbell | 1923 |
| Refuge | Alphpmse | 1923 |
| Quincy Adams Sawyer | Hiram Maxwell | 1922 |
| A Tailor-Made Man | Peter | 1922 |
| The Loaded Door | Slim | 1922 |
| Don't Write Letters | The Lover | 1922 |
| I Can Explain | Will Potter | 1922 |
| At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern | The Poet | 1922 |
| One a Minute | Jingo Pitts | 1921 |
| Bob Hampton of Placer | Willie McNeil | 1921 |
| Lavender and Old Lace | Joe Pendleton | 1921 |
| Mary's Ankle | Johnny Stokes | 1920 |
| Water, Water, Everywhere | Steve Brainard | 1920 |
| In Mizzoura | Dave | 1919 |
| Full of Pep | Beanpole | 1919 |
| The Amateur Adventuress | Gregory Charles Sentel | 1919 |
| Captain Kidd, Jr. | Constable Sam | 1919 |
| Hearts and Saddles | 1917 | |
| His Regeneration | Pawn Shop Clerk | 1915 |
| Broncho Billy's Fatal Joke | The Doctor | 1914 |
| The Good-for-Nothing | Old Clerk | 1914 |
| The Making of Broncho Billy | 1913 | |
| The Tomboy on Bar Z | Ranchhand | 1912 |
| Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape | 1912 | |
| Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress | Townsman | 1912 |
| Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner | Cowboy | 1911 |
| Alkali Ike's Auto | 1911 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Action Craver | 1927 |
