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