- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- October 12, 1889
- Place of Birth
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Died
- March 8, 1947
Victor Potel
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…
Filmography
movieThe Egg and I
1947 · Crowbar
movieThe Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947 · Prof. Potelle
movieYankee Fakir
1947 · Contest Chairman
movieThe Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947
movieThe Glass Alibi
1946 · Gas Attendant (as Vic Potel)
movieRhythm Round-Up
1945 · Slim Jensen
movieFlame of Barbary Coast
1945 · Train Fireman
movieA Medal for Benny
1945 · Pantera Pepster Club Member (uncredited)
movieStrange Illusion
1945 · Mac
movieThe Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · Newspaper Editor
movieHail the Conquering Hero
1944 · Progressive Bandleader (uncredited)
movieThe Great Moment
1944 · First Dental Patient
movieIt Happened Tomorrow
1944
movieWagon Wheels West
1943 · Posse Rider (uncredited)
movieThe Good Fellows
1943 · Branders (uncredited)
movieThe Man in the Trunk
1942 · Deaf Floor Man (uncredited)
movieThe Palm Beach Story
1942 · Mr. McKeewie
movieSullivan's Travels
1941 · Cameraman
movieRide on Vaquero
1941 · Ole
movieThe Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Lem
moviePot o' Gold
1941 · Olaf Svenson (uncredited)
movieThe Lady Eve
1941 · Second Steward (uncredited)
movieTrail of the Vigilantes
1940 · Conductor
movieLi'l Abner
1940 · Fantastic Brown
movieChristmas in July
1940 · Davenola Salesman
movieThe Villain Still Pursued Her
1940 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieThe Great McGinty
1940 · Cook (uncredited)
movieGirl from God's Country
1940 · Barber
movieThree Faces West
1940 · Postman
movieYoung Tom Edison
1940 · Mr. Tompkins
movieSlightly Honorable
1939 · Gasoline Station Proprietor (Uncredited)
movieChip of the Flying U
1939 · Station Agent
movieRovin' Tumbleweeds
1939 · Man in Store
movieBlondie Brings Up Baby
1939 · Lars (uncredited)
movieHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Ranch Hand
movieThe Housekeeper's Daughter
1939 · Suspect
movieHollywood Cavalcade
1939 · Slim
movieSecond Fiddle
1939 · Steve - Crane Operator
movieDown the Wyoming Trail
1939 · Slim
movieLet Freedom Ring
1939 · Ole Swensen (uncredited)
movieStand Up and Fight
1939 · Coach Driver
movieThe Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938 · Steve
movieOn the Great White Trail
1938 · Lyons
movieThe Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Lem - Stagecoach Driver
movieAdventure's End
1937 · Tall Sailor (uncredited)
movieSmall Town Boy
1937 · Abner Towner
movieWestern Gold
1937 · Jasper
movieWhite Bondage
1937 · Luke Stacey
movieTwo Gun Law
1937 · Cassius
movieGod's Country and the Woman
1937 · Turpentine
movieLaughing at Trouble
1936 · Lem Parker
movieThe Captain's Kid
1936 · Deputy Jake Hutchinson
movieFury
1936 · Jorgeson (uncredited)
Down to the Sea
movieDown to the Sea
1936 · Andy
movieO'Malley of the Mounted
1936 · Gabby - the Cook
movieYellow Dust
1936 · Jugger - the Bartender
movieThree Godfathers
1936 · 'Buck Tooth'
movieSong of the Saddle
1936 · Little Casino
movieMan Hunt
1936 · Townsman Pointing Out Shefiff's Office (uncredited)
The Broken Coin
movieThe Broken Coin
1936 · , Dialogue
movieGun Play
1935 · Brawler (uncredited)
movieThe Fighting Marines
1935 · Fake Native Chief [Ch. 12]
movieThe Last of the Clintons
1935 · Jed Clinton
movieMoonlight on the Prairie
1935 · Tall Saloon Cowboy
movieShipmates Forever
1935 · Loafer (uncredited)
movieShe Couldn't Take It
1935 · Farmer
movieWaterfront Lady
1935 · Alex
movieThe Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935 · Kinso
movieWestern Frontier
1935 · Slim
movieWhispering Smith Speaks
1935 · Bill Prouty
movieThe Drunkard
1935 · Farmer Gates
movieThe Cowboy and the Bandit
1935 · Lanky
movieMillion Dollar Haul
1935 · Writer
movieMississippi
1935 · Guest (uncredited)
movieRuggles of Red Gap
1935 · Curly - Cowboy
The Marriage Bargain
movieThe Marriage Bargain
1935 · Jeff Thompson
movieBig Boy Rides Again
1935 · Ranch Foreman Scarface
movieFrontier Days
1934 · Deputy Tex Hatch
movieThunder Over Texas
1934 · Dick
movieInside Information
1934 · Rice - Thin Detective, Story
movieTwisted Rails
1934 · Tom Watson
movieDamaged Lives
1933 · Undetermined Role
movieHallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933 · The General
movieFace in the Sky
1933 · Ed Burns, Carnival Patron (uncredited)
moviePartners
1932 · Deputy Lem
Selling Shorts
movieSelling Shorts
1931 · Slim Bassil
movieThe Squaw Man
1931 · Andy
movieKing of the Wild
1931 · Peterson
movieScandal Sheet
1931 · Reporter
movieTen Cents a Dance
1931 · Smith, a Sailor
movieForward, March!
1930
movieThe Virtuous Sin
1930 · Sentry
movieDoughboys
1930 · Svendenburg
movieParadise Island
1930 · Swede
movieCall of the West
1930 · Trig Peters
movieThe Bad One
1930 · Sailor
movieThe Virginian
1929 · Nebrasky
movieBorder Romance
1929 · Slim
movieCaptain Swagger
1928 · Jean
movieMelody of Love
1928 · The Gawk
movieThe Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928 · Tom Turner
movieWhat Price Beauty?
1928
Uneasy Payments
movieUneasy Payments
1927 · Press Agent
Racing Romance
movieRacing Romance
1926 · Constable
movieThe Lodge in the Wilderness
1926 · Goofus
Morganson's Finish
movieMorganson's Finish
1926 · Ole Jensen
movieThe Bar-C Mystery
1926
movieBelow the Line
1925 · 'Cuckoo' Niles
movieContraband
1925 · George Bogardus
movieTen Days
1925
movieA Lost Lady
1924 · Ivy Peters
Along Came Ruth
movieAlong Came Ruth
1924 · Oscar Sims
A Self-Made Failure
movieA Self-Made Failure
1924 · Pokey Jones
movieThe Law Forbids
1924 · Joel Andrews
movieReno
1923 · Detective McRae
movieThe Meanest Man in the World
1923 · Lute Boon
movieModern Matrimony
1923 · Junior Rutherford
movieItching Palms
1923 · The Village Dumbbell
movieRefuge
1923 · Alphonse
The Sheik of Hollywood
movieThe Sheik of Hollywood
1923
movieQuincy Adams Sawyer
1922 · Hiram Maxwell
movieThe Loaded Door
1922 · Slim
movieA Tailor-Made Man
1922 · Peter
movieStep on It!
1922 · Noisy Johnson
movieAt the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
1922 · The Poet
movieOne a Minute
1921 · Jingo Pitts
movieLavender and Old Lace
1921 · Joe Pendleton
movieBob Hampton of Placer
1921 · Willie McNeil
movieBillions
1920 · Pushkin
movieThe Heart of a Child
1920 · Charley Peastone
movieMary's Ankle
1920 · Johnny Stokes
movieWater, Water, Everywhere
1920 · Steve Brainard
movieIn Mizzoura
1919 · Dave
movieA Petal on the Current
1919
movieThe Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919
movieFull of Pep
1919 · Beanpole
movieThe Amateur Adventuress
1919 · Gregory Charles Sentel
movieCaptain Kidd, Jr.
1919 · Constable Sam
movieWho's Your Father?
1918 · Comedy Role
Baseball Madness
movieBaseball Madness
1917
movieHearts and Saddles
1917
What Darwin Missed
movieWhat Darwin Missed
1916 · Professor Alonzo Bozzle
Just a Few Little Things
movieJust a Few Little Things
1916 · Archie
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
movieBroncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915
movieVersus Sledge Hammers
1915 · The Count
Broncho Billy Steps In
movieBroncho Billy Steps In
1915
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
movieBroncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915
movieThe Bachelor's Burglar
1915
The Revenue Agent
movieThe Revenue Agent
1915 · The Minister
movieHis Regeneration
1915 · Pawn Shop Clerk
movieIngomar of the Hills
1915
movieBroncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915 · A Cattle Owner
movieSlim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie's Home-Coming
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieWhen Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieSentimental Sophie
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy and the Sisters
1915 · The Minister
movieWhen Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieThe Battle of Snakeville
1915 · Slippery Slim
movieSnakeville's Rising Sons
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914
movieSlippery Slim Gets Square
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSnakeville's Blind Pig
1914 · Slippery Slim
Sophie's Sweetheart
movieSophie's Sweetheart
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie's Fatal Wedding
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSnakeville's Reform Wave
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieA Horse on Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSlippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSnakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSlippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy Rewarded
1914 · The Hotel Proprietor
movieSnakeville's Peace-Maker
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieWhen Slippery Slim Met the Champion
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSlippery Slim Gets Cured
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
movieBroncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
movieBroncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914
Broncho Billy Wins Out
movieBroncho Billy Wins Out
1914 · The School Trustee
movieSnakeville's New Waitress
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSlippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie Gets Stung
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie Finds a Hero
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieThe Wooing of Sophie
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914 · The Hotel Clerk
movieThe Snakeville Volunteer
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieThe Good-for-Nothing
1914 · Old Clerk
movieSophie Pulls a Good One
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieSophie Starts Something
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy's Leap
1914
Broncho Billy's Sermon
movieBroncho Billy's Sermon
1914 · The Sheriff
moviePie for Sophie
1914 · Snicklefritz
movieA Gamblers' Way
1914 · The Bartender
movieBroncho Billy and the Red Man
1914
movieWhat Came to Bar Q
1914 · Bartender
movieBroncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914 · The Storekeeper
movieA Night on the Road
1914 · Sheriff's Assistant
movieBroncho Billy-Guardian
1914
movieSnakeville's New Doctor
1914 · Slippery Slim
movieA Snakeville Courtship
1913 · Slippery Slim
movieThat Pair from Thespia
1913 · Second Actor
movieSophie's New Foreman
1913 · Slippery Slim
movieThe Three Gamblers
1913
movieBroncho Billy's Squareness
1913
movieA Romance of the Hills
1913
movieSophie's Hero
1913 · Slippery Slim
movieBroncho Billy's First Arrest
1913
movieThe Last Laugh
1913
movieAlkali Ike and the Wildman
1913 · Slippery Slim
Broncho Billy's Oath
movieBroncho Billy's Oath
1913
movieWhy Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913 · The Druggist
movieBroncho Billy Reforms
1913 · A Thief
movieBroncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913 · Outlaw
movieAlkali Ike and the Hypnotist
1913 · Slippery Slim
movieAlkali Ike's Misfortunes
1913 · Slippery Slim
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
movieAlkali Ike's Homecoming
1913 · Slippery Slim
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
movieThe Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913
movieBroncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913 · Dr. Huff
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
movieBroncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913
movieBroncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913 · Jailer
movieThe Making of Broncho Billy
1913
Broncho Billy's Gun Play
movieBroncho Billy's Gun Play
1913
movieBroncho Billy's Promise
1912
movieBroncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912
Alkali Ike's Close Shave
movieAlkali Ike's Close Shave
1912 · Slippery Slim
movieAn Indian's Friendship
1912
movieThe Tomboy on Bar Z
1912
movieAlkali Ike Stung!
1912
An Indian Sunbeam
movieAn Indian Sunbeam
1912 · A Cowboy
movieAlkali Ike's Pants
1912
The Tenderfoot Foreman
movieThe Tenderfoot Foreman
1912
movieBroncho Billy for Sheriff
1912
movieAlkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912
movieBroncho Billy's Pal
1912
movieA Story of Montana
1912
movieBroncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912
On the Cactus Trail
movieOn the Cactus Trail
1912
movieAlkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
movieThe Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912
The Biter Bitten
movieThe Biter Bitten
1912
The Prospector's Legacy
movieThe Prospector's Legacy
1912
movieBroncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912
The Oath of His Office
movieThe Oath of His Office
1912
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
movieWidow Jenkins' Admirers
1912
The Loafer
movieThe Loafer
1912
movieA Child of the West
1912
movieBroncho Billy's Adventure
1911 · Cowboy
movieBroncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911
The Forester's Plea
movieThe Forester's Plea
1911
movieTown Hall, Tonight
1911 · The Tall Schultz Brother
movieThe Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911
movieBroncho Bill's Last Spree
1911 · Slippery Slim
The Two Fugitives
movieThe Two Fugitives
1911
movieThe Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911
A Hungry Pair
movieA Hungry Pair
1911 · Skinny
The Infant at Snakeville
movieThe Infant at Snakeville
1911
movieAlkali Ike's Auto
1911
The Puncher's New Love
movieThe Puncher's New Love
1911
The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
movieThe Bunco Game at Lizardhead
1911
The Indian Maiden's Lesson
movieThe Indian Maiden's Lesson
1911
movieAcross the Plains
1911
The Sheriff's Chum
movieThe Sheriff's Chum
1911
The Bad Man's Downfall
movieThe Bad Man's Downfall
1911
Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
movieHank and Lank: They Make a Mash
1911 · Lank
The Two Reformations
movieThe Two Reformations
1911
The Border Ranger
movieThe Border Ranger
1911
The Count and the Cowboys
movieThe Count and the Cowboys
1911 · The Count
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
movieThe Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
movieHank and Lank: Blind Men
1910 · Lank
The Tenderfoot Messenger
movieThe Tenderfoot Messenger
1910
A Cowboy's Vindication
movieA Cowboy's Vindication
1910
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
movieCircle C Ranch's Wedding Present
1910
Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
movieHank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
1910 · Lank
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
movieHank and Lank: Lifesavers
1910 · Lank
movieA Westerner's Way
1910
The Silent Message
movieThe Silent Message
1910
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
movieHank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
1910 · Lank
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
movieA Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
movieHank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
1910 · Lank
The Bearded Bandit
movieThe Bearded Bandit
1910
Patricia of the Plains
moviePatricia of the Plains
1910
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
movieHank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
1910 · Lank
The Tout's Remembrance
movieThe Tout's Remembrance
1910
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
movieHank and Lank: Joyriding
1910 · Lank
A Dog on Business
movieA Dog on Business
1910