Victor Potel
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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.
Como Actor/Actriz
Lady Eve
Second Steward (uncredited)
Los viajes de Sullivan
Cameraman
Flame of Barbary Coast
Train Fireman
Furia
Jorgeson (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
King of the Wild
Peterson
Pot o' Gold
Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
It Happened Tomorrow
Christmas in July
Davenola Salesman
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
Newspaper Editor
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Prof. Potelle
The Palm Beach Story
Mr. McKeewie
Shipmates Forever
Loafer (uncredited)
Slightly Honorable
Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
Farmer
The Great McGinty
Cook (uncredited)
The Great Moment
First Dental Patient
A Tailor-Made Man
Peter
The Virginian
Nebrasky
The Lady from Cheyenne
Lem
Stand Up and Fight
Coach Driver
Three Godfathers
'Buck Tooth'
The Egg and I
Crowbar
Ruggles of Red Gap
Curly - Cowboy
Second Fiddle
Steve - Crane Operator
His Regeneration
Pawn Shop Clerk
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
The General
The Fighting Marines
Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
Hollywood Cavalcade
Slim
Captain Swagger
Jean