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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
December 30, 1892
Died
February 3, 1972
Place of Birth
Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Also Known As
- John Beach Litel
- John B. Litel
- جان لایتل
John Litel
0.5 Popularity
Biography
John Litel was an American stage, screen, and television actor. From 1919 to 1936 he performed in several plays on Broadway. In 1929 he began appearing in films and was in over 200 movies throughout his career. Litel often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops and district attorneys. He appeared in many television series. John Litel's acting career concluded in 1967.
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
6.7
Doctor
Nevada Smith
1966
7.0
Minister
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
6.6
Branded
1965
6.6
Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Branded
1965
0.0
Priest
Rendezvous in Space
1964
4.4
Drunk - Madden's father
The Gun Hawk
1963
🎬
7.0
Albert P. Leviathan
Vacation Playhouse
1963
6.4
Finley
The Virginian
1962
6.4
Wade Hammill
The Virginian
1962
Credits
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1983
6.5
Nevada Smith
as Doctor
1966
6.7
The Sons of Katie Elder
as Minister
1965
7.0
Branded
1965
6.6
Branded
as Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)
1965
6.6
Rendezvous in Space
as Priest
1964
0.0
The Gun Hawk
as Drunk - Madden's father
1963
4.4
🎬
Vacation Playhouse
as Albert P. Leviathan
1963
7.0
The Virginian
as Finley
1962
6.4
The Virginian
as Wade Hammill
1962
6.4
Lover Come Back
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
1961
6.9
Pocketful of Miracles
as Police Inspector McCrary
1961
7.3
Hazel
1961
6.8
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
1961
5.6
Route 66
1960
6.3
Stagecoach West
as Dan Murchison
1960
6.0
Hawaiian Eye
1959
5.2
Lock-Up
1959
6.2
Bonanza
as Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington
1959
7.5
Bonanza
as Mayor George Goshen
1959
7.5
Rawhide
as Jim Rye
1959
7.2
Rawhide
as James Whitcomb
1959
7.2
Houseboat
as Mr. William Farnsworth
1958
6.4
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Colonel Richard Gaunt
1958
6.7
77 Sunset Strip
as Distinguished Visitor
1958
6.7
Bronco
1958
5.9
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Judge George Healy
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Asa Morgan
1958
6.8
Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Clint Davis
1958
6.8
Decision at Sundown
as Charles Summerton
1957
6.3
Zorro
as The Governor
1957
7.5
Trackdown
as Judge Henry
1957
6.4
Maverick
as Ellsworth Greeley
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Judge Somervell
1957
6.9
Maverick
as Judge Joshua Thayer
1957
6.9
Perry Mason
as Judge
1957
7.7
The Hired Gun
as Mace Beldon
1957
5.5
Sugarfoot
as Hank Tatum
1957
4.8
Sugarfoot
as Archie Crenshaw
1957
4.8
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
7.3
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Martin Calder
1956
6.0
Comanche
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
1956
5.0
The Wild Dakotas
as Morgan Wheeler
1956
0.0
Runaway Daughters
as George Barton
1956
3.3
Texas Lady
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
1955
5.4
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
6.8
The Kentuckian
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
1955
5.7
Double Jeopardy
as Emmett Devery
1955
5.0
Climax!
as Judge Sam Crowley
1954
3.3
Sitting Bull
as Wilford Howell
1954
5.2
Jack Slade
as Judge Davidson
1953
6.4
City Detective
1953
7.0
General Electric Theater
as Phillip Saunders
1953
6.4
General Electric Theater
as Frank Hobbs
1953
6.4
Montana Belle
as Matt Towner
1952
5.9
🎬
My Hero
1952
7.0
Cavalcade of America
as Dr. Silkworth
1952
3.5
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Van Alten
1952
6.7
🎬
Four Star Playhouse
as Mayor
1952
6.7
Scaramouche
as Dr. Dubuque
1952
7.0
Jet Job
as Sam Bentley
1952
5.0
Flight to Mars
as Dr. Lane
1951
5.1
I Love Lucy
as Harvey Cromwell
1951
7.9
Little Egypt
as Shuster
1951
0.0
Two Dollar Bettor
as John Hewitt
1951
5.3
Take Care of My Little Girl
as John Erickson (uncredited)
1951
5.0
The Texas Rangers
as John B. Jones
1951
5.7
The Groom Wore Spurs
as Chief of Police
1951
4.4
🎬
Cuban Fireball
as Pomeroy Sr.
1951
4.0
🎬
Lux Video Theatre
as Dr. Robbins
1950
6.3
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Watkins
1950
6.0
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
1950
6.8
The Sundowners
as John Gall
1950
5.0
Woman in Hiding
as John Chandler
1950
6.2
Mary Ryan, Detective
as Capt. Billings
1949
5.1
🎬
Rusty's Birthday
as Hugh Mitchell
1949
4.0
The Gal Who Took the West
as Colonel Logan
1949
5.6
Outpost in Morocco
as Colonel Pascal
1949
4.8
Rusty Saves a Life
as Hugh Mitchell
1949
7.0
Shamrock Hill
as Ralph Judson
1949
1.0
The Valiant Hombre
as Lon Lansdell
1948
0.0
🎬
Rusty Leads the Way
as Hugh Mitchell
1948
6.0
Triple Threat
1948
0.0
Pitfall
as District Attorney
1948
6.8
Key Largo
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
1948
7.4
I, Jane Doe
as Horton
1948
6.1
Smart Woman
as Clark
1948
5.0
My Dog Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
1948
8.0
Cass Timberlane
as Webb Wargate
1947
5.5
Christmas Eve
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
1947
5.1
Heaven Only Knows
as Reverend Wainwright
1947
6.0
The Guilty
as Alex Tremholt
1947
5.4
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Tom Clancy
1947
0.0
The Beginning or the End
as K.T. Keller
1947
6.1
Lighthouse
as Hank Armitage
1947
3.8
Swell Guy
as Arthur Tyler
1946
0.0
Sister Kenny
as Medical Director
1946
6.8
Okay for Sound
1946
5.0
The Return of Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
1946
6.0
She Wrote the Book
as Dean Fowler
1946
6.0
Night in Paradise
as Archon
1946
4.0
The Madonna's Secret
as Lt. Roberts
1946
5.9
Smooth as Silk
as Stephen Elliott
1946
4.8
San Antonio
as Charlie Bell
1945
5.9
The Enchanted Forest
as Ed Henderson
1945
0.0
Northwest Trail
as Sergeant Means
1945
5.0
The Daltons Ride Again
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
1945
3.0
The Crimson Canary
as Roger Quinn
1945
6.0
The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Inspector Dawes
1945
5.8
Salome, Where She Danced
as General Lee
1945
3.7
Brewster's Millions
as Swearengen Jones
1945
6.8
Faces in the Fog
as Dr. Mason
1944
3.0
Murder in the Blue Room
as Frank Baldrich
1944
5.0
My Buddy
as Jim Donnelly
1944
0.0
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
1944
0.0
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mr. Aldrich
1944
0.0
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Sam Aldrich
1944
0.0
Where Are Your Children?
as Judge Edmonds
1943
4.0
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
as Sam Aldrich
1943
0.0
So Proudly We Hail
as Dr. Harrison
1943
5.5
Submarine Base
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
1943
4.8
Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Mr. Aldrich
1943
0.0
Crime Doctor
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
1943
6.2
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Sam Aldrich
1943
6.0
Murder in Times Square
as Dr. Blaine
1943
4.3
Madame Spy
as Peter Rolf
1942
6.0
The Boss of Big Town
as Michael Lynn
1942
5.0
Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Sam Aldrich
1942
6.0
Invisible Agent
as John Gardiner
1942
5.8
Men of Texas
as Colonel Colbert Scott
1942
0.0
March On, America!
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
4.8
For the Common Defense!
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
1942
4.7
Henry and Dizzy
as Sam Aldrich
1942
0.0
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Norman Hadley
1942
5.7
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Henri Beauvais
1942
5.5
Mississippi Gambler
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
1942
6.0
Kid Glove Killer
as Matty
1942
6.2
Soldiers in White
as Charles Anthony
1942
6.0
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Spencer Merlin
1942
0.0
Sealed Lips
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
1942
5.8
They Died with Their Boots On
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
1941
6.6
Henry Aldrich for President
as Sam Aldrich
1941
4.0
Thieves Fall Out
as Tim Gordon
1941
5.5
The Big Boss
as Bob Dugan
1941
5.8
The Great Mr. Nobody
as John Wade
1941
5.3
The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mr. West
1941
5.0
Father's Son
as William Emory
1941
4.5
Santa Fe Trail
as Martin
1940
5.7
March On, Marines
as Colonel Myers
1940
2.0
Lady with Red Hair
as Charles Bryant
1940
6.5
Father Is A Prince
as Dr. Mark Stone
1940
5.0
Knute Rockne All American
as Committee Chairman
1940
6.1
Money and the Woman
as Jerremy Helm
1940
3.5
They Drive by Night
as Harry McNamara
1940
6.9
The Man Who Talked Too Much
as District Attorney Dickson
1940
6.0
Gambling on the High Seas
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
1940
5.0
Murder in the Air
as Saxby
1940
4.6
Men Without Souls
as Reverend Thomas Storm
1940
6.0
Flight Angels
as Dr. Barclay
1940
3.5
An Angel from Texas
as Quigley
1940
4.8
It All Came True
as Mr. Roberts
1940
5.8
Virginia City
as Marshall
1940
6.1
Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Chaplain
1940
6.8
The Fighting 69th
as Captain Mangan
1940
5.5
A Child Is Born
as Dr. Brett
1939
6.5
The Return of Doctor X
as Dr. Flegg
1939
5.9
On Dress Parade
as Col. Michael Riker
1939
6.5
One Hour To Live
as Rudolph Spain
1939
0.0
Dust Be My Destiny
as Prosecutor
1939
6.2
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Carson Drew
1939
6.8
The Bill of Rights
as Patrick Henry
1939
6.0
Old Glory
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
1939
5.0
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Carson Drew
1939
6.0
Dodge City
as Matt Cole
1939
6.9
On Trial
as Robert Strickland
1939
5.5
You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Attorney Carey
1939
5.7
Secret Service of the Air
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
1939
5.8
Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Carson Drew
1939
6.0
Wings of the Navy
as Commander Clark
1939
6.0
Breakdowns of 1938
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
1938
4.7
Comet Over Broadway
as Bill Appleton
1938
5.0
The Declaration of Independence
as Thomas Jefferson
1938
6.3
Nancy Drew… Detective
as Carson Drew
1938
6.3
Broadway Musketeers
as Stan Dowling
1938
3.5
Valley of the Giants
as Hendricks
1938
6.0
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
1938
7.1
My Bill
as John C. Rudlin
1938
6.2
Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
1938
4.0
Over the Wall
as Father Neil Connor
1938
5.0
Jezebel
as Jean La Cour
1938
7.0
Love, Honor and Behave
as Jim Blake
1938
3.0
A Slight Case of Murder
as Post
1938
6.2
Gold Is Where You Find It
as Ralph Ferris
1938
6.9
Missing Witnesses
as Inspector Lane
1937
5.5
The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
1937
5.7
Alcatraz Island
as 'Gat' Brady
1937
4.9
The Life of Emile Zola
as Charpentier
1937
6.7
Back in Circulation
as Dr. Eugene Forde
1937
5.3
Slim
as Wyatt Ranstead
1937
6.3
Marked Woman
as Gordon
1937
6.5
Midnight Court
as Victor Shanley
1937
4.4
Black Legion
as Tommy Smith
1937
6.6
Give Me Liberty
as Patrick Henry
1936
6.3
Fugitive in the Sky
as Mike Phelan
1936
6.0
Wayward
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
1932
6.0
On the Border
as Dave (as John B. Litel)
1930
0.0
🎬
Oh Darling!
1930
0.0
🎬
Don't Believe It
as Dick
1930
0.0
Always Faithful
as Wayne
1929
0.0
Finders Keepers
as (as John B. Litel)
1929
0.0
🎬
The Sleeping Porch
1929
0.0