Victor Potel

🎂 Data nașterii: 1889-10-12 (Lafayette, 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.

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Victor Potel

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De frente, marchen

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

The Good Fellows

Adventure's End

The Palm Beach Story

The Tomboy on Bar Z

Alkali Ike's Auto

The Bad One

Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress

The Strange Case of Dr. Meade

King of the Wild

Christmas in July

Who's Your Father?

Call of the West

The Making of Broncho Billy

The Virginian

The Miracle of Morgan's Creek

Western Gold

The Heart of a Child

The Girl of the Golden West

Broncho Billy and the Sisters

Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair

Sophie's Home-Coming

When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs

The Battle of Snakeville

Sophie's Sweetheart

Snakeville's Blind Pig

Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office

Snakeville's Rising Sons

Slippery Slim Gets Square

Sentimental Sophie

When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese

Just a Few Little Things

Alkali Ike and the Wildman

Ingomar of the Hills

Călătoriile lui Sullivan

Broncho Billy's First Arrest

Baseball Madness

Quincy Adams Sawyer

The Fighting Marines

Partners

A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law

Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests

Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme

The Silent Message

A Westerner's Way

Hank and Lank: Lifesavers

Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men

Hank and Lank: Blind Men

The Tenderfoot Messenger

Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present

A Cowboy's Vindication

The Bad Man's Christmas Gift

The Count and the Cowboys

The Border Ranger

A Child of the West

The Tenderfoot Foreman

The Biter Bitten

The Oath of His Office

Widow Jenkins' Admirers

The Prospector's Legacy

The Ranch Girl's Mistake

The Two Reformations

Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash

The Bad Man's Downfall

Across the Plains

The Bunco Game at Lizardhead

Broncho Billy and the Red Man

The Sheriff's Chum

The Indian Maiden's Lesson

The Puncher's New Love

The Infant at Snakeville

Broncho Billy and the Bad Man

The Corporation and the Ranch Girl

A Hungry Pair

Broncho Billy-Guardian

Broncho Billy Reforms

Alkali Ike's Pants