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Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 12, 1889
Died
March 8, 1947
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Also Known As
- Vic Potel
Victor Potel
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.0
Crowbar
The Egg and I
1947
6.3
Prof. Potelle
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
5.0
Contest Chairman
Yankee Fakir
1947
6.5
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
3.9
Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
The Glass Alibi
1946
0.0
Slim Jensen
Rhythm Round-Up
1945
5.3
Train Fireman
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
4.5
Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
A Medal for Benny
1945
6.8
Newspaper Editor
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
7.0
Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944
Credits
The Egg and I
as Crowbar
1947
7.0
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
as Prof. Potelle
1947
6.3
Yankee Fakir
as Contest Chairman
1947
5.0
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
6.5
The Glass Alibi
as Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
1946
3.9
Rhythm Round-Up
as Slim Jensen
1945
0.0
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Train Fireman
1945
5.3
A Medal for Benny
as Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
1945
4.5
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as Newspaper Editor
1944
6.8
Hail the Conquering Hero
as Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
1944
7.0
The Great Moment
as First Dental Patient
1944
5.6
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
6.7
Wagon Wheels West
as Posse Rider (uncredited)
1943
4.0
The Good Fellows
as Branders (uncredited)
1943
0.0
The Man in the Trunk
as Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
1942
0.0
The Palm Beach Story
as Mr. McKeewie
1942
7.0
Sullivan's Travels
as Cameraman
1941
7.4
Ride on Vaquero
as Ole
1941
4.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
as Lem
1941
4.6
Pot o' Gold
as Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
1941
5.5
The Lady Eve
as Second Steward (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Conductor
1940
0.0
Li'l Abner
as Fantastic Brown
1940
5.8
Christmas in July
as Davenola Salesman
1940
6.9
The Villain Still Pursued Her
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
4.8
The Great McGinty
as Cook (uncredited)
1940
6.9
Girl from God's Country
as Barber
1940
0.0
Three Faces West
as Postman
1940
5.4
Young Tom Edison
as Mr. Tompkins
1940
5.8
Slightly Honorable
as Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
1939
4.7
Chip of the Flying U
as Station Agent
1939
0.0
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
as Man in Store
1939
4.5
Blondie Brings Up Baby
as Lars (uncredited)
1939
6.5
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Ranch Hand
1939
6.3
The Housekeeper's Daughter
as Suspect
1939
3.5
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Slim
1939
5.3
Second Fiddle
as Steve - Crane Operator
1939
4.9
Down the Wyoming Trail
as Slim
1939
4.0
Let Freedom Ring
as Ole Swensen (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Stand Up and Fight
as Coach Driver
1939
5.8
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
as Steve
1938
5.0
On the Great White Trail
as Lyons
1938
5.0
The Girl of the Golden West
as Lem - Stagecoach Driver
1938
4.6
Adventure's End
as Tall Sailor (uncredited)
1937
5.0
🎬
Small Town Boy
as Abner Towner
1937
0.0
Western Gold
as Jasper
1937
0.0
White Bondage
as Luke Stacey
1937
6.0
Two Gun Law
as Cassius
1937
0.0
God's Country and the Woman
as Turpentine
1937
4.2
Laughing at Trouble
as Lem Parker
1936
6.0
The Captain's Kid
as Deputy Jake Hutchinson
1936
6.0
Fury
as Jorgeson (uncredited)
1936
7.4
🎬
Down to the Sea
as Andy
1936
4.5
O'Malley of the Mounted
as Gabby - the Cook
1936
0.0
Yellow Dust
as Jugger - the Bartender
1936
3.8
Three Godfathers
as 'Buck Tooth'
1936
6.9
Song of the Saddle
as Little Casino
1936
7.0
Man Hunt
as Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
1936
0.0
🎬
The Broken Coin
1936
0.0
Gun Play
as Brawler (uncredited)
1935
5.0
The Fighting Marines
as Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
1935
6.0
The Last of the Clintons
as Jed Clinton
1935
5.5
Moonlight on the Prairie
as Tall Saloon Cowboy
1935
5.5
Shipmates Forever
as Loafer (uncredited)
1935
6.5
She Couldn't Take It
as Farmer
1935
4.5
Waterfront Lady
as Alex
1935
4.0
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
as Kinso
1935
6.7
Western Frontier
as Slim
1935
0.0
Whispering Smith Speaks
as Bill Prouty
1935
0.0
The Drunkard
as Farmer Gates
1935
0.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
as Lanky
1935
6.0
Mississippi
as Guest (uncredited)
1935
6.7
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Curly - Cowboy
1935
7.1
Big Boy Rides Again
as Ranch Foreman Scarface
1935
5.0
Frontier Days
as Deputy Tex Hatch
1934
2.5
Thunder Over Texas
as Dick
1934
5.0
Inside Information
as Rice - Thin Detective
1934
5.7
Twisted Rails
as Tom Watson
1934
4.0
Damaged Lives
as Undetermined Role
1933
4.3
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
as The General
1933
7.4
Face in the Sky
as Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
1933
4.7
Partners
as Deputy Lem
1932
0.0
🎬
Selling Shorts
as Slim Bassil
1931
0.0
The Squaw Man
as Andy
1931
5.0
King of the Wild
as Peterson
1931
3.2
Scandal Sheet
as Reporter
1931
0.0
Ten Cents a Dance
as Smith, a Sailor
1931
6.8
Forward, March!
1930
0.0
The Virtuous Sin
as Sentry
1930
4.3
Doughboys
as Svendenburg
1930
6.0
Paradise Island
as Swede
1930
3.3
Call of the West
as Trig Peters
1930
0.0
The Bad One
as Sailor
1930
6.3
The Virginian
as Nebrasky
1929
5.8
Border Romance
as Slim
1929
6.5
Captain Swagger
as Jean
1928
0.0
Melody of Love
as The Gawk
1928
0.0
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
as Tom Turner
1928
0.0
What Price Beauty?
1928
0.0
🎬
Uneasy Payments
as Press Agent
1927
0.0
🎬
Racing Romance
as Constable
1926
0.0
The Lodge in the Wilderness
as Goofus
1926
6.0
🎬
Morganson's Finish
as Ole Jensen
1926
0.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926
0.0
Below the Line
as 'Cuckoo' Niles
1925
10.0
Contraband
as George Bogardus
1925
0.0
Ten Days
1925
0.0
A Lost Lady
as Ivy Peters
1924
0.0
🎬
A Self-Made Failure
as Pokey Jones
1924
0.0
The Law Forbids
as Joel Andrews
1924
0.0
Reno
as Detective McRae
1923
0.0
The Meanest Man in the World
as Lute Boon
1923
0.0
Refuge
as Alphonse
1923
0.0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
as Hiram Maxwell
1922
0.0
The Loaded Door
as Slim
1922
0.0
A Tailor-Made Man
as Peter
1922
0.0
Step on It!
as Noisy Johnson
1922
0.0
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
as The Poet
1922
0.0
One a Minute
as Jingo Pitts
1921
6.3
Lavender and Old Lace
as Joe Pendleton
1921
0.0
Bob Hampton of Placer
as Willie McNeil
1921
0.0
Billions
as Pushkin
1920
5.0
The Heart of a Child
as Charley Peastone
1920
0.0
Mary's Ankle
as Johnny Stokes
1920
0.0
Water, Water, Everywhere
as Steve Brainard
1920
0.0
A Petal on the Current
1919
0.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
4.0
Full of Pep
as Beanpole
1919
0.0
The Amateur Adventuress
as Gregory Charles Sentel
1919
0.0
Captain Kidd, Jr.
as Constable Sam
1919
0.0
Who's Your Father?
as Comedy Role
1918
0.0
🎬
Baseball Madness
1917
0.0
Hearts and Saddles
1917
0.0
🎬
What Darwin Missed
as Professor Alonzo Bozzle
1916
0.0
🎬
Just a Few Little Things
as Archie
1916
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915
0.0
Versus Sledge Hammers
as The Count
1915
5.0
🎬
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915
0.0
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915
0.0
🎬
The Revenue Agent
as The Minister
1915
0.0
His Regeneration
as Pawn Shop Clerk
1915
4.2
Ingomar of the Hills
1915
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
as A Cattle Owner
1915
0.0
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
Sophie's Home-Coming
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
Sentimental Sophie
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
as The Minister
1915
0.0
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
The Battle of Snakeville
as Slippery Slim
1915
0.0
Snakeville's Rising Sons
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914
0.0
Slippery Slim Gets Square
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Snakeville's Blind Pig
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
🎬
Sophie's Sweetheart
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Snakeville's Reform Wave
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
A Horse on Sophie
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy Rewarded
as The Hotel Proprietor
1914
0.0
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy Wins Out
as The School Trustee
1914
0.0
Snakeville's New Waitress
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Sophie Gets Stung
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Sophie Finds a Hero
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
The Wooing of Sophie
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
as The Hotel Clerk
1914
0.0
The Snakeville Volunteer
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
The Good-for-Nothing
as Old Clerk
1914
5.0
Sophie Pulls a Good One
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Sophie Starts Something
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy's Sermon
as The Sheriff
1914
0.0
Pie for Sophie
as Snicklefritz
1914
0.0
A Gamblers' Way
as The Bartender
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914
0.0
What Came to Bar Q
as Bartender
1914
6.0
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
as The Storekeeper
1914
0.0
A Night on the Road
as Sheriff's Assistant
1914
0.0
Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914
0.0
Snakeville's New Doctor
as Slippery Slim
1914
0.0
A Snakeville Courtship
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
That Pair from Thespia
as Second Actor
1913
0.0
Sophie's New Foreman
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
The Three Gamblers
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913
0.0
A Romance of the Hills
1913
0.0
Sophie's Hero
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913
0.0
The Last Laugh
1913
0.0
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy's Oath
1913
0.0
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
as The Druggist
1913
5.0
Broncho Billy Reforms
as A Thief
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
as Outlaw
1913
5.0
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
🎬
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
as Slippery Slim
1913
0.0
🎬
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
as Dr. Huff
1913
0.0
🎬
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
as Jailer
1913
0.0
The Making of Broncho Billy
1913
5.0
🎬
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
1913
0.0
Broncho Billy's Promise
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912
0.0
🎬
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
as Slippery Slim
1912
0.0
An Indian's Friendship
1912
0.0
The Tomboy on Bar Z
1912
4.0
Alkali Ike Stung!
1912
0.0
🎬
An Indian Sunbeam
as A Cowboy
1912
0.0
Alkali Ike's Pants
1912
0.0
🎬
The Tenderfoot Foreman
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
0.0
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912
0.0
A Story of Montana
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
5.0
🎬
On the Cactus Trail
1912
0.0
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
4.0
🎬
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912
0.0
🎬
The Biter Bitten
1912
0.0
🎬
The Prospector's Legacy
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
4.5
🎬
The Oath of His Office
1912
0.0
🎬
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
1912
0.0
🎬
The Loafer
1912
0.0
A Child of the West
1912
0.0
Broncho Billy's Adventure
as Cowboy
1911
4.0
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
4.5
🎬
The Forester's Plea
1911
0.0
Town Hall, Tonight
as The Tall Schultz Brother
1911
0.0
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911
0.0
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
as Slippery Slim
1911
0.0
🎬
The Two Fugitives
1911
0.0
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911
0.0
🎬
A Hungry Pair
as Skinny
1911
0.0
🎬
The Infant at Snakeville
1911
0.0
Alkali Ike's Auto
1911
4.0
🎬
The Puncher's New Love
1911
0.0
🎬
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
1911
0.0
🎬
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
1911
0.0
Across the Plains
1911
0.0
🎬
The Sheriff's Chum
1911
0.0
🎬
The Bad Man's Downfall
1911
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
as Lank
1911
0.0
🎬
The Two Reformations
1911
0.0
🎬
The Border Ranger
1911
0.0
🎬
The Count and the Cowboys
as The Count
1911
0.0
🎬
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910
3.5
🎬
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
The Tenderfoot Messenger
1910
0.0
🎬
A Cowboy's Vindication
1910
0.0
🎬
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
1910
4.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
as Lank
1910
0.0
A Westerner's Way
1910
0.0
🎬
The Silent Message
1910
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
The Bearded Bandit
1910
4.0
🎬
Patricia of the Plains
1910
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
The Tout's Remembrance
1910
0.0
🎬
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
as Lank
1910
0.0
🎬
A Dog on Business
1910
0.0