Victor Potel

Infobox actor
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name = Victor Potel


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birthdate = 12 October 1889
location = Lafayette, Indiana U.S.
deathdate = 8 March fy|1947 (aged 57)
deathplace = Hollywood, California U.S.
yearsactive = 1910-1947
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othername = Vic Potel
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spouse = Mildred "Pam" Ludmilla
(Nov. 1914–8 March fy|1947 "his death")
occupation = actor

Victor Potel (12 October 1889–8 March fy|1947) was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in over 430 films in his 38 year career. [imdb name|0693055]

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 fy|1910, a comedy short filmed in Chicago by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company called "A Dog on Business". [imdb title|0372242|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 Sam" in 80 movies. [IMDB [http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0086301/ "Slippery Sam"] ] He also appeared in Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series.Erickson, Hal [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=2:57447~T1 Biography (Allmovie)] ]

Potel's first talking picture was "Melody of Love", starring Walter Pidgeon, made for Universal in fy|1928, [imdb title|0019156|Melody of Love] 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' 1", 1.85m) 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 fy|1924 and "Action Craver" in fy|1927, and contributed the story for "Saxophobia" in fy|1927. In the following decade, in the sound era, he was the dialogue director for "The Big Chance" (fy|1933), and wrote the story for "Inside Information" in fy|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 appeared in "The Great McGinty", "Christmas in July", "The Lady Eve", "Sullivan's Travels", "The Palm Beach Story", "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek", "Hail the Conquering Hero", "The Great Moment" and "The Sin of Harold Diddlebock"]

Potel continued to work right up until his death on 8 March fy|1947. The final film he worked on, "Relentless" finished filming on 28 February of that year. [tcmdb title|27958|Relentless]

elected filmography

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* "A Dog on Business" (fy|1910)
* "Alkali Ike's Auto" (1911)
* "His Regeneration" (1915)
* "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" (1919)
* "The Petal on the Current" (1919)
* "One a Minute"(fy|1921)
* "I Can Explain" (1922)
* "Step on It!" (1922)
* "The Loaded Door" (1922)
* "A Lost Lady" fy|1924
* "Beyond the Border" (1925)
* "Below the Line" (1925)
* "Ten Years" (1925)
* "The Bar-C Mystery" (1926)
* "Morganson's Finish" (1926)
* "Special Delivery" (1927)
* "Captain Swagger" (fy|1928)
* "Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" (1928);Sound
* "Melody of Love" fy|1928)
* "The Bad One" (1930)
* "Doughboys" (1930)
* "King of the Wild" (1931)
* "The Squaw Man" (1931)
* "Partners" (fy|1932)
* "The Adventures of Rex and Rinty" (1935)
* "Big Boy Rides Again" (1935)
* "The Fighting Marines" (1935)
* "The Last of the Clintons" (1935)
* "O'Malley of the Mounted" (fy|1936)
* "The Great McGinty" (1940)
* "Christmas in July" (1940)
* "Sullivan's Travels" (fy|1941)
* "The Palm Beach Story" (1942)
* "The Miracle of Morgan's Creek" (fy|1944)
* "The Egg and I" (1947)
* "Relentless" fy|1948)

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Persondata
NAME= Potel, Victor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH= 12 October, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH= Lafayette, Indiana USA
DATE OF DEATH= 8 March, 1947
PLACE OF DEATH= Hollywood, California USA