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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.
Most Popular Victor Potel Trailers
Total trailers found: 283
24 January 1914
To err is human, but in the end, goodness of heart will prevail and the one who has committed an offense against man-made laws may come out of the mire and develop into a law abiding and god-fearing citizen.
21 October 1912
A romantic Western in which John saves his beloved Mary when she is about to marry a criminal.
12 August 1916
Prof. Alonzo Bozzle, an eccentric zoologist, has taken up the study of evolution as promulgated by Darwin and is pondering especially on the idea that there is a "missing link.
12 October 1910
In this instance Hank and Lank step into good fortune quite by accident. Pausing in front of a bargain dry-goods store, a young lady rushes up and asks Hank to hold her baby while she goes inside to make a few purchases.
05 January 1935
A man comes to town to claim the estate of his father, who was shot by a masked killer. He sets out to find who did it.
13 June 1939
Tex arrives on the Parker ranch on Christman eve and is given the job of being Santa Claus. Also dressed as Santa Claus, Blackie robs Parker and kills a man.
31 January 1931
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
22 January 1914
A knight of the grip has many inconveniences to contend with, and not only that, but often his very life is in danger.
30 August 1935
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.
12 March 1936
After he's accused of a series of stagecoach robberies, an innocent man has to find the real crooks.
08 November 1939
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school.
30 June 1939
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
08 May 1917
Baseball Madness is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Billy Mason and starring Gloria Swanson.
02 February 1912
"Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress" (1912, 14 minutes) is a comedy-drama about yet another girl from the East who doesn't need to be protected from the local dangers.
13 December 1940
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
13 August 1915
Because he believes in education, a ranch owner hires a school teacher from the east and opens a school for his cowboys.
01 May 1934
A railroad employee finds out the identity of "The Wrecker", a criminal who is deliberately causing trains to crash.
01 February 1913
Broncho Billy runs into trouble in a bar when he gets into a confrontation with a bully. Since the bully has a gun and Billy doesn't, he's forced to endure the bully's humiliating tactics until he manages to get away.
13 October 1939
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them.
05 January 1925
Dick Van Buren, a wealthy young man with a penchant for breaking traffic laws, is arrested for speeding and sentenced to 10 days in jail.
07 August 1935
Ken and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now grown, is sent after the outlaw known as the Golden hair Girl only to find that she's his long lost sister.
15 December 1938
In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up helping her to combat an epidemic that rages through the mountain communities.
14 November 1934
Henry Jethrow is after the Wilson ranch. He has George Wilson unknowningly sign a note for the ranch, has him killed, and then presents the note.
22 November 1935
Corporal Larry Grant and Sergeant "Mac" McGowan, of the United States Marine Corps, are rival for the love of Frances Schiller, but team up to hunt down "The Tiger Shark," a mad, scientific wizard who is holding Sergeant William Schiller, Frances' brother, a prisoner on a wild, jungle island in the Pacific.
03 November 1939
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
12 November 1935
Cowboy infiltrates an outlaw gang to expose their rackets, but after he's ordered to kidnap a young girl, the gang finds out who he really is.
11 April 1920
A poverty-stricken Cockney girl rises through incredible adventures to become the wife of a nobleman.
02 November 1935
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
29 January 1936
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
03 August 1919
A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.
02 April 1935
Bill travels to a new state after the outlaw Scarface saves him from a lynch mob. There he takes a job on the Barton ranch and joins in the fight against gang leader Larkin.
02 December 1935
A cowboy comes to the aid of a lady rancher threatened by Mexican bandits who believe there is a treasure buried on her land.
27 September 1913
Through a kindly act Broncho Billy earns the deep gratitute of Marion Rivers, who presents him with a Bible.
04 October 1935
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
01 May 1947
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country.
24 February 1939
A Harvard man fights a railroad baron with a disguise and the power of the press.
27 August 1937
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed shipments of gold.
31 March 1917
We start off seeing Mix giving his sweetheart (Victoria Ford) a gift and having the other cowboys laugh at him.
06 April 1937
Hero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.
21 June 1913
Alkali Ike eludes his wife and attends a performance at the Snakeville Opera House, where Prof. Hippy is demonstrating his wonderful hypnotic art.
24 September 1934
Lloyd Wilson, trusted employee of an investment firm, is suspected of theft when $20,000 in security bonds is stolen from his office.
09 December 1923
After obtaining a divorce from his second wife Emily, Roy Tappan marries Dora Carson, who has just divorced her husband.
27 March 1936
O'Malley pretends to be an outlaw in order to join a gang terrorizing towns along the American border.
05 May 1919
The Amateur Adventuress is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Henry Otto.
18 October 1934
A cowboy tries to protect a young woman whose father was murdered because he had railroad maps that showed the location of a proposed new line.
18 April 1941
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.
01 April 1947
A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.
15 April 1913
Broncho Billy, owner of a saloon in Big Horn City, is trusted implicitly by the miners in the surrounding territory.
08 June 1914
The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and when son Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management.
15 July 1930
The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives expecting marriage to respectable and successful plantation owner only to find he is a drunk and gambler.
16 April 1945
Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they pretend that he and his family are cherished, eminent citizens.
09 November 1929
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discovers his best friend is engaged in cattle rustling.
29 March 1913
Broncho Billy, suffering from a fever, collapses on the doorstep of a ranchman's home. John Harding, returning from his work, carries Broncho Billy into the house and places him on the bed.
06 March 1936
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert.
03 April 1941
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices.
15 May 1935
O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is determined to learn the business from the ground up, so he gets a job as a track walker for his dad's rail line.
03 April 1935
An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
28 February 1936
Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back.
05 June 1936
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
29 November 1939
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U ranch.
