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.
284 movies
The Egg and I
1947·7.1
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947·6.4
Yankee Fakir
1947·6.0
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947·6.6
The Glass Alibi
1946·4.2
Rhythm Round-Up
1945·8.0
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945·5.5
A Medal for Benny
1945·5.6
Strange Illusion
1945·5.6
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944·6.9
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944·7.1
The Great Moment
1944·5.8
It Happened Tomorrow
1944·6.8
Wagon Wheels West
1943·7.0
The Good Fellows
1943·8.0
The Man in the Trunk
1942·9.0
The Palm Beach Story
1942·7.0
Sullivan's Travels
1941·7.4
Ride on Vaquero
1941·5.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941·5.7
Pot o' Gold
1941·5.7
The Lady Eve
1941·7.3
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940·10.0
Li'l Abner
1940·6.1
Christmas in July
1940·7.0
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940·5.2
The Great McGinty
1940·7.0
Girl from God's Country
1940·9.0
Three Faces West
1940·5.7
Young Tom Edison
1940·5.9
Slightly Honorable
1939·5.1
Chip of the Flying U
1939·7.5
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939·5.7
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939·6.9
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939·6.6
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939·4.6
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939·6.2
Second Fiddle
1939·5.1
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939·6.5
Let Freedom Ring
1939·6.8
Stand Up and Fight
1939·6.0
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938·6.5
On the Great White Trail
1938·6.5
The Girl of the Golden West
1938·5.3
Adventure's End
1937·5.5
Small Town Boy
1937·7.0
Western Gold
1937·9.0
White Bondage
1937·6.8
Two Gun Law
1937·10.0
God's Country and the Woman
1937·5.2
Laughing at Trouble
1936·8.0
The Captain's Kid
1936·6.7
Fury
1936·7.5
Down to the Sea
1936·5.3
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936·7.0
Yellow Dust
1936·4.5
Three Godfathers
1936·6.9
Song of the Saddle
1936·7.3
Man Hunt
1936·10.0
The Broken Coin
1936·9.0
Gun Play
1935·6.0
The Fighting Marines
1935·6.5
The Last of the Clintons
1935·7.0
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935·6.8
Shipmates Forever
1935·6.6
She Couldn't Take It
1935·5.3
Waterfront Lady
1935·5.3
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935·7.3
Western Frontier
1935·9.0
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935·10.0
The Drunkard
1935·7.0
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935·7.0
Mississippi
1935·6.8
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935·7.1
The Marriage Bargain
1935·8.0
Big Boy Rides Again
1935·6.5
Frontier Days
1934·4.3
Thunder Over Texas
1934·6.7
Inside Information
1934·6.5
Twisted Rails
1934·5.5
Damaged Lives
1933·4.7
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933·7.6
Face in the Sky
1933·5.8
Partners
1932·9.0
Selling Shorts
1931·9.0
The Squaw Man
1931·5.4
King of the Wild
1931·4.2
Scandal Sheet
1931·10.0
Ten Cents a Dance
1931·6.8
Forward, March!
1930·9.0
The Virtuous Sin
1930·4.8
Doughboys
1930·6.1
Paradise Island
1930·3.8
Call of the West
1930·8.0
The Bad One
1930·7.0
The Virginian
1929·5.8
Border Romance
1929·6.8
Captain Swagger
1928·7.0
Melody of Love
1928·9.0
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928·9.0
What Price Beauty?
1928·10.0
Uneasy Payments
1927·10.0
Racing Romance
1926·7.0
The Lodge in the Wilderness
1926·8.0
Morganson's Finish
1926·9.0
The Bar-C Mystery
1926·8.0
Below the Line
1925·9.0
Contraband
1925·8.0
Ten Days
1925·7.0
A Lost Lady
1924·10.0
Along Came Ruth
1924·9.0
A Self-Made Failure
1924·10.0
The Law Forbids
1924·7.0
Reno
1923·9.0
The Meanest Man in the World
1923·7.0
Modern Matrimony
1923·9.0
Itching Palms
1923·7.0
Refuge
1923·9.0
The Sheik of Hollywood
1923·0.0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922·10.0
The Loaded Door
1922·8.0
A Tailor-Made Man
1922·0.0
Step on It!
1922·9.0
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
1922·9.0
One a Minute
1921·7.3
Lavender and Old Lace
1921·8.0
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921·9.0
Billions
1920·6.0
The Heart of a Child
1920·9.0
Mary's Ankle
1920·7.0
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920·7.0
In Mizzoura
1919·8.0
A Petal on the Current
1919·9.0
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919·6.0
Full of Pep
1919·10.0
The Amateur Adventuress
1919·0.0
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919·0.0
Who's Your Father?
1918·0.0
Baseball Madness
1917·9.0
Hearts and Saddles
1917·0.0
What Darwin Missed
1916·10.0
Just a Few Little Things
1916·10.0
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915·9.0
Versus Sledge Hammers
1915·5.7
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915·0.0
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915·0.0
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915·9.0
The Revenue Agent
1915·7.0
His Regeneration
1915·4.4
Ingomar of the Hills
1915·9.0
Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915·0.0
Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915·9.0
Sophie's Home-Coming
1915·9.0
When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915·7.0
Sentimental Sophie
1915·7.0
Broncho Billy and the Sisters
1915·0.0
When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
1915·7.0
The Battle of Snakeville
1915·8.0
Snakeville's Rising Sons
1914·10.0
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914·7.0
Slippery Slim Gets Square
1914·10.0
Snakeville's Blind Pig
1914·10.0
Sophie's Sweetheart
1914·8.0
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
1914·8.0
Snakeville's Reform Wave
1914·9.0
A Horse on Sophie
1914·10.0
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914·8.0
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914·7.0
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914·9.0
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914·10.0
Broncho Billy Rewarded
1914·9.0
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
1914·7.0
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
1914·8.0
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
1914·9.0
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914·10.0
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914·7.0
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914·7.0
Broncho Billy Wins Out
1914·10.0
Snakeville's New Waitress
1914·7.0
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914·9.0
Sophie Gets Stung
1914·10.0
Sophie Finds a Hero
1914·8.0
The Wooing of Sophie
1914·10.0
Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914·0.0
The Snakeville Volunteer
1914·7.0
The Good-for-Nothing
1914·5.0
Sophie Pulls a Good One
1914·7.0
Sophie Starts Something
1914·7.0
Broncho Billy's Leap
1914·0.0
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914·0.0
Pie for Sophie
1914·9.0
A Gamblers' Way
1914·7.0
Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914·0.0
What Came to Bar Q
1914·6.5
Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914·0.0
A Night on the Road
1914·7.0
Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914·0.0
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914·0.0
A Snakeville Courtship
1913·10.0
That Pair from Thespia
1913·10.0
Sophie's New Foreman
1913·10.0
The Three Gamblers
1913·0.0
Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913·0.0
A Romance of the Hills
1913·9.0
Sophie's Hero
1913·10.0
Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913·0.0
The Last Laugh
1913·7.0
Alkali Ike and the Wildman
1913·9.0
Broncho Billy's Oath
1913·0.0
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913·7.0
Broncho Billy Reforms
1913·10.0
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913·6.0
Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
1913·0.0
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
1913·0.0
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
1913·0.0
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913·10.0
Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913·0.0
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913·0.0
Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913·7.0
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
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
1912·7.0
Alkali Ike's Pants
1912·0.0
The Tenderfoot Foreman
1912·9.0
Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912·7.0
Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912·0.0
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912·8.0
A Story of Montana
1912·8.0
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912·6.7
On the Cactus Trail
1912·9.0
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912·4.0
The Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912·10.0
The Biter Bitten
1912·9.0
The Prospector's Legacy
1912·7.0
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912·5.3
The Oath of His Office
1912·9.0
Widow Jenkins' Admirers
1912·10.0
The Loafer
1912·10.0
A Child of the West
1912·9.0
Broncho Billy's Adventure
1911·4.0
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911·4.5
The Forester's Plea
1911·0.0
Town Hall, Tonight
1911·7.0
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911·0.0
Broncho Bill's Last Spree
1911·10.0
The Two Fugitives
1911·0.0
The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911·0.0
A Hungry Pair
1911·10.0
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
1911·10.0
The Two Reformations
1911·0.0
The Border Ranger
1911·0.0
The Count and the Cowboys
1911·0.0
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910·3.5
Hank and Lank: Blind Men
1910·8.0
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
1910·10.0
Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
1910·7.0
A Westerner's Way
1910·0.0
The Silent Message
1910·0.0
Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
1910·9.0
A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910·0.0
Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
1910·8.0
The Bearded Bandit
1910·4.0
Patricia of the Plains
1910·0.0
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
1910·9.0
The Tout's Remembrance
1910·0.0
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
1910·7.0
A Dog on Business
1910·9.0