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The Glass Alibi

as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)

1946
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Newspaper Editor

1943
The Palm Beach Story

as Mr. McKeewie

1942
Big Boy Rides Again

as Ranch Foreman Scarface

1935
The Last of the Clintons

as Jed Clinton

1935
Inside Information

as Rice - Thin Detective

1934
Thunder Over Texas

as Dick

1934
King of the Wild

as Peterson

1931
Paradise Island

as Swede

1930
The Virginian

as Nebrasky

1929
Border Romance

as Slim

1929
Below the Line

as 'Cuckoo' Niles

1925
Water, Water, Everywhere

as Steve Brainard

1920
The Loafer

as

1912
Victor Potel Victor Potel

Birthday

1889-10-12

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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.
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