
Victor Potel
Acting
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.

The Egg and I
Crowbar

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Prof. Potelle

Yankee Fakir
Contest Chairman

The Devil Thumbs a Ride

The Glass Alibi
Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)

Rhythm Round-Up
Slim Jensen

Flame of Barbary Coast
Train Fireman

A Medal for Benny
Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Newspaper Editor

Hail the Conquering Hero
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)

The Great Moment
First Dental Patient

It Happened Tomorrow

Wagon Wheels West
Posse Rider (uncredited)

The Good Fellows
Branders (uncredited)

The Man in the Trunk
Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)

The Palm Beach Story
Mr. McKeewie

Sullivan's Travels
Cameraman

Ride on Vaquero
Ole

The Lady from Cheyenne
Lem

Pot o' Gold
Olaf Svenson (uncredited)

The Lady Eve
Second Steward (uncredited)

Trail of the Vigilantes
Conductor

Li'l Abner
Fantastic Brown

Christmas in July
Davenola Salesman

The Villain Still Pursued Her
Policeman (uncredited)

The Great McGinty
Cook (uncredited)

Girl from God's Country
Barber

Three Faces West
Postman

Young Tom Edison
Mr. Tompkins

Slightly Honorable
Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)

Chip of the Flying U
Station Agent

Rovin' Tumbleweeds
Man in Store

Blondie Brings Up Baby
Lars (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Ranch Hand

The Housekeeper's Daughter
Suspect

Hollywood Cavalcade
Slim

Second Fiddle
Steve - Crane Operator

Down the Wyoming Trail
Slim

Let Freedom Ring
Ole Swensen (uncredited)

Stand Up and Fight
Coach Driver

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Steve

On the Great White Trail
Lyons

The Girl of the Golden West
Lem - Stagecoach Driver

Adventure's End
Tall Sailor (uncredited)
Small Town Boy
Abner Towner

Western Gold
Jasper

White Bondage
Luke Stacey

Two Gun Law
Cassius

God's Country and the Woman
Turpentine

Laughing at Trouble
Lem Parker

The Captain's Kid
Deputy Jake Hutchinson

Fury
Jorgeson (uncredited)
Down to the Sea
Andy

O'Malley of the Mounted
Gabby - the Cook

Yellow Dust
Jugger - the Bartender

Three Godfathers
'Buck Tooth'

Song of the Saddle
Little Casino

Man Hunt
Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
The Broken Coin

Gun Play
Brawler (uncredited)

The Fighting Marines
Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]

The Last of the Clintons
Jed Clinton

Moonlight on the Prairie
Tall Saloon Cowboy

Shipmates Forever
Loafer (uncredited)

She Couldn't Take It
Farmer

Waterfront Lady
Alex

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Kinso

Western Frontier
Slim

Whispering Smith Speaks
Bill Prouty

The Drunkard
Farmer Gates

The Cowboy and the Bandit
Lanky

Mississippi
Guest (uncredited)

Ruggles of Red Gap
Curly - Cowboy
The Marriage Bargain
Jeff Thompson

Big Boy Rides Again
Ranch Foreman Scarface

Frontier Days
Deputy Tex Hatch

Thunder Over Texas
Dick

Inside Information
Rice - Thin Detective

Twisted Rails
Tom Watson

Damaged Lives
Undetermined Role

Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
The General

Face in the Sky
Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)

Partners
Deputy Lem
Selling Shorts
Slim Bassil

The Squaw Man
Andy

King of the Wild
Peterson

Scandal Sheet
Reporter

Ten Cents a Dance
Smith, a Sailor

Forward, March!

The Virtuous Sin
Sentry

Doughboys
Svendenburg

Paradise Island
Swede

Call of the West
Trig Peters

The Bad One
Sailor

The Virginian
Nebrasky

Border Romance
Slim

Captain Swagger
Jean

Melody of Love
The Gawk

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Tom Turner

What Price Beauty?
Uneasy Payments
Press Agent
Racing Romance
Constable

The Lodge in the Wilderness
Goofus
Morganson's Finish
Ole Jensen

The Bar-C Mystery

Below the Line
'Cuckoo' Niles

Contraband
George Bogardus

Ten Days

A Lost Lady
Ivy Peters
Along Came Ruth
Oscar Sims
A Self-Made Failure
Pokey Jones

The Law Forbids
Joel Andrews

Reno
Detective McRae

The Meanest Man in the World
Lute Boon

Modern Matrimony
Junior Rutherford

Itching Palms
The Village Dumbbell

Refuge
Alphonse

Quincy Adams Sawyer
Hiram Maxwell

The Loaded Door
Slim

A Tailor-Made Man
Peter

Step on It!
Noisy Johnson

At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
The Poet

One a Minute
Jingo Pitts

Lavender and Old Lace
Joe Pendleton

Bob Hampton of Placer
Willie McNeil

Billions
Pushkin

The Heart of a Child
Charley Peastone

Mary's Ankle
Johnny Stokes

Water, Water, Everywhere
Steve Brainard

In Mizzoura
Dave

A Petal on the Current

The Outcasts of Poker Flat

Full of Pep
Beanpole

The Amateur Adventuress
Gregory Charles Sentel

Captain Kidd, Jr.
Constable Sam

Who's Your Father?
Comedy Role
Baseball Madness

Hearts and Saddles
What Darwin Missed
Professor Alonzo Bozzle
Just a Few Little Things
Archie
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp

Versus Sledge Hammers
The Count
Broncho Billy Steps In
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber

The Bachelor's Burglar
The Revenue Agent
The Minister

His Regeneration
Pawn Shop Clerk

Ingomar of the Hills

Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
A Cattle Owner

Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
Slippery Slim

Sophie's Home-Coming
Slippery Slim

When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
Slippery Slim

Sentimental Sophie
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy and the Sisters
The Minister

When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
Slippery Slim

The Battle of Snakeville
Slippery Slim

Snakeville's Rising Sons
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office

Slippery Slim Gets Square
Slippery Slim

Snakeville's Blind Pig
Slippery Slim
Sophie's Sweetheart
Slippery Slim

Sophie's Fatal Wedding
Slippery Slim

Snakeville's Reform Wave
Slippery Slim

A Horse on Sophie
Slippery Slim

Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
Slippery Slim

Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
Slippery Slim

Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
Slippery Slim

Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy Rewarded
The Hotel Proprietor

Snakeville's Peace-Maker
Slippery Slim

When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
Slippery Slim

Slippery Slim Gets Cured
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
Broncho Billy Wins Out
The School Trustee

Snakeville's New Waitress
Slippery Slim

Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
Slippery Slim

Sophie Gets Stung
Slippery Slim

Sophie Finds a Hero
Slippery Slim

The Wooing of Sophie
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
The Hotel Clerk

The Snakeville Volunteer
Slippery Slim

The Good-for-Nothing
Old Clerk

Sophie Pulls a Good One
Slippery Slim

Sophie Starts Something
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy's Leap
Broncho Billy's Sermon
The Sheriff

Pie for Sophie
Snicklefritz

A Gamblers' Way
The Bartender

Broncho Billy and the Red Man

What Came to Bar Q
Bartender

Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
The Storekeeper

A Night on the Road
Sheriff's Assistant

Broncho Billy-Guardian

Snakeville's New Doctor
Slippery Slim

A Snakeville Courtship
Slippery Slim

That Pair from Thespia
Second Actor

Sophie's New Foreman
Slippery Slim

The Three Gamblers

Broncho Billy's Squareness

A Romance of the Hills

Sophie's Hero
Slippery Slim

Broncho Billy's First Arrest

The Last Laugh

Alkali Ike and the Wildman
Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Oath

Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
The Druggist

Broncho Billy Reforms
A Thief

Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
Outlaw

Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
Slippery Slim

Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
Slippery Slim
The Accusation of Broncho Billy

Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
Dr. Huff
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter

Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
Jailer

The Making of Broncho Billy
Broncho Billy's Gun Play

Broncho Billy's Promise

Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
Slippery Slim

An Indian's Friendship

The Tomboy on Bar Z

Alkali Ike Stung!
An Indian Sunbeam
A Cowboy

Alkali Ike's Pants
The Tenderfoot Foreman

Broncho Billy for Sheriff

Alkali Ike Plays the Devil

Broncho Billy's Pal

A Story of Montana

Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
On the Cactus Trail

Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
The Biter Bitten
The Prospector's Legacy

Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
The Oath of His Office
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
The Loafer

A Child of the West

Broncho Billy's Adventure
Cowboy

Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
The Forester's Plea

Town Hall, Tonight
The Tall Schultz Brother

The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine

Broncho Bill's Last Spree
Slippery Slim
The Two Fugitives

The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
A Hungry Pair
Skinny
The Infant at Snakeville

Alkali Ike's Auto
The Puncher's New Love
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
The Indian Maiden's Lesson

Across the Plains
The Sheriff's Chum
The Bad Man's Downfall
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
Lank
The Two Reformations
The Border Ranger
The Count and the Cowboys
The Count
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
Lank
The Tenderfoot Messenger
A Cowboy's Vindication
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
Lank
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
Lank

A Westerner's Way
The Silent Message
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
Lank
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
Lank
The Bearded Bandit
Patricia of the Plains
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
Lank
The Tout's Remembrance
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
Lank
A Dog on Business







