John Litel

Actor Dec 30 (died age 79) Albany, Wisconsin, USA 1929–1983 (54 year career)

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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

Film

Key Largo

Dispatcher (uncredited)

Film

The Sons of Katie Elder

Minister

Film

Pocketful of Miracles

Police Inspector McCrary

Film

Jezebel

Jean La Cour

Film

Lover Come Back

Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)

Film

Nevada Smith

Doctor

Film

They Drive by Night

Harry McNamara

Film

Houseboat

Mr. William Farnsworth

Filmography

Acting (200)

Movies (170)

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.5

Nevada Smith

1966

as Doctor

6.7

The Sons of Katie Elder

1965

as Minister

7.0

Rendezvous in Space

1964

as Priest

The Gun Hawk

1963

as Drunk - Madden's father

4.7

Pocketful of Miracles

1961

as Police Inspector McCrary

7.3

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961

as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford

5.6

Lover Come Back

1961

as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)

6.9

Houseboat

1958

as Mr. William Farnsworth

Decision at Sundown

as Charles Summerton

The Hired Gun

as Mace Beldon

Comanche

as Gen. Nelson A. Miles

Runaway Daughters

as George Barton

The Wild Dakotas

as Morgan Wheeler

Texas Lady

1955

as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

5.4

The Kentuckian

1955

as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Double Jeopardy

as Emmett Devery

Sitting Bull

as Wilford Howell

Jack Slade

as Judge Davidson

Scaramouche

as Dr. Dubuque

Montana Belle

as Matt Towner

Jet Job

as Sam Bentley

The Texas Rangers

as John B. Jones

Little Egypt

as Shuster

Flight to Mars

as Dr. Lane

The Groom Wore Spurs

as Chief of Police

Take Care of My Little Girl

1951

as John Erickson (uncredited)

Cuban Fireball

as Pomeroy Sr.

Two Dollar Bettor

as John Hewitt

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

1950

as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

6.9

The Sundowners

1950

as John Gall

5.0

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Mr. Watkins

Woman in Hiding

as John Chandler

Outpost in Morocco

as Colonel Pascal

Rusty Saves a Life

as Hugh Mitchell

Rusty's Birthday

as Hugh Mitchell

The Gal Who Took the West

as Colonel Logan

Mary Ryan, Detective

as Capt. Billings

Shamrock Hill

as Ralph Judson

Key Largo

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

Rusty Leads the Way

as Hugh Mitchell

Smart Woman

as Clark

I, Jane Doe

as Horton

Pitfall

as District Attorney

My Dog Rusty

as Hugh Mitchell

Triple Threat

The Valiant Hombre

as Lon Lansdell

Cass Timberlane

1947

as Webb Wargate

5.5

Heaven Only Knows

1947

as Reverend Wainwright

6.0

The Beginning or the End

1947

as K.T. Keller

6.1

Christmas Eve

1947

as Joe Bland, FBI Agent

The Guilty

as Alex Tremholt

Lighthouse

as Hank Armitage

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Tom Clancy

Smooth as Silk

1946

as Stephen Elliott

4.8

Swell Guy

1946

as Arthur Tyler

Sister Kenny

as Medical Director

The Madonna's Secret

as Lt. Roberts

Night in Paradise

as Archon

She Wrote the Book

as Dean Fowler

Okay for Sound

The Return of Rusty

as Hugh Mitchell

The Crime Doctor's Warning

as Inspector Dawes

The Enchanted Forest

as Ed Henderson

San Antonio

as Charlie Bell

The Crimson Canary

as Roger Quinn

Salome, Where She Danced

as General Lee

Brewster's Millions

as Swearengen Jones

The Daltons Ride Again

1945

as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon

3.0

Northwest Trail

1945

as Sergeant Means

5.0

Murder in the Blue Room

1944

as Frank Baldrich

5.0

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

1944

as Mr. Aldrich

Faces in the Fog

1944

as Dr. Mason

3.0

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout

1944

as Sam Aldrich

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

1944

as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich

My Buddy

1944

as Jim Donnelly

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

1943

as Sam Aldrich

6.0

Henry Aldrich Swings It

1943

as Mr. Aldrich

Crime Doctor

1943

as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man

So Proudly We Hail

as Dr. Harrison

Submarine Base

as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart

4.8

Where Are Your Children?

1943

as Judge Edmonds

4.0

Murder in Times Square

1943

as Dr. Blaine

4.3

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House

1943

as Sam Aldrich

For the Common Defense!

1942

as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

4.7

March On, America!

1942

as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.8

Mississippi Gambler

1942

as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel

6.0

Sealed Lips

1942

as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton

Invisible Agent

as John Gardiner

Madame Spy

as Peter Rolf

Kid Glove Killer

as Matty

Men of Texas

as Colonel Colbert Scott

Henry and Dizzy

1942

as Sam Aldrich

Soldiers in White

1942

as Charles Anthony

6.0

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942

as Spencer Merlin

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

1942

as Norman Hadley

5.7

The Mystery of Marie Roget

1942

as Henri Beauvais

5.5

Henry Aldrich, Editor

as Sam Aldrich

The Boss of Big Town

as Michael Lynn

The Big Boss

as Bob Dugan

The Great Mr. Nobody

as John Wade

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

as Gen. Phil Sheridan

6.6

Henry Aldrich for President

as Sam Aldrich

Father's Son

as William Emory

Thieves Fall Out

as Tim Gordon

The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Mr. West

Money and the Woman

as Jerremy Helm

Santa Fe Trail

as Martin

They Drive by Night

as Harry McNamara

The Man Who Talked Too Much

1940

as District Attorney Dickson

Virginia City

as Marshall

Men Without Souls

as Reverend Thomas Storm

Father Is A Prince

as Dr. Mark Stone

The Fighting 69th

as Captain Mangan

Knute Rockne All American

1940

as Committee Chairman

6.1

Murder in the Air

1940

as Saxby

4.7

Gambling on the High Seas

1940

as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears

Lady with Red Hair

as Charles Bryant

Castle on the Hudson

as Prison Chaplain

An Angel from Texas

as Quigley

Flight Angels

as Dr. Barclay

It All Came True

as Mr. Roberts

March On, Marines

as Colonel Myers

The Return of Doctor X

as Dr. Flegg

Dust Be My Destiny

as Prosecutor

Dodge City

as Matt Cole

On Dress Parade

as Col. Michael Riker

6.5

Secret Service of the Air

1939

as Chief Agent Tom Saxby

A Child is Born

as Dr. Brett

Old Glory

as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)

On Trial

as Robert Strickland

Wings of the Navy

as Commander Clark

One Hour To Live

as Rudolph Spain

The Bill of Rights

1939

as Patrick Henry

6.0

Nancy Drew... Reporter

1939

as Carson Drew

6.0

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

1939

as Carson Drew

6.8

You Can't Get Away with Murder

1939

as Attorney Carey

5.7

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

as Carson Drew

Jezebel

as Jean La Cour

Comet Over Broadway

as Bill Appleton

Valley of the Giants

as Hendricks

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

1938

as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney

7.2

A Slight Case of Murder

1938

as Post

6.3

The Declaration of Independence

1938

as Thomas Jefferson

6.3

Nancy Drew… Detective

1938

as Carson Drew

6.3

Over the Wall

1938

as Father Neil Connor

5.0

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7

Broadway Musketeers

1938

as Stan Dowling

3.5

Gold Is Where You Find It

1938

as Ralph Ferris

6.9

Love, Honor and Behave

as Jim Blake

My Bill

as John C. Rudlin

Little Miss Thoroughbred

1938

as Nelson "Nails" Morgan

Marked Woman

as Gordon

Alcatraz Island

as 'Gat' Brady

Black Legion

as Tommy Smith

Slim

as Wyatt Ranstead

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

as Charpentier

6.7

The Man Without a Country

as Lt. Philip Nolan

Back in Circulation

as Dr. Eugene Forde

Missing Witnesses

as Inspector Lane

Midnight Court

as Victor Shanley

Fugitive in the Sky

as Mike Phelan

Give Me Liberty

as Patrick Henry

Wayward

as Robert 'Bob' Daniels

6.0

Oh Darling!

1930

On the Border

1930

as Dave (as John B. Litel)

Don't Believe It

1930

as Dick

Finders Keepers

1929

as (as John B. Litel)

Always Faithful

1929

as Wayne

The Sleeping Porch

1929

Television (30)

Branded

1965

6.6

Vacation Playhouse

1963

as Albert P. Leviathan

The Virginian

as Finley

Hazel

Route 66

Stagecoach West

as Dan Murchison

Bonanza

as Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington

Rawhide

as Jim Rye

Hawaiian Eye

Lock-Up

77 Sunset Strip

as Colonel Richard Gaunt

6.7

Bronco

1958

5.9

Wanted: Dead or Alive

1958

as Judge George Healy

Perry Mason

as Judge

Maverick

as Judge Joshua Thayer

6.9

Have Gun, Will Travel

Zorro

as The Governor

Trackdown

as Judge Henry

Sugarfoot

as Hank Tatum

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

1956

as Sheriff Martin Calder

6.0

Cheyenne

1955

6.0

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Climax!

as Judge Sam Crowley

City Detective

General Electric Theater

as Phillip Saunders

Four Star Playhouse

as Van Alten

Cavalcade of America

as Dr. Silkworth

My Hero

I Love Lucy

as Harvey Cromwell

Lux Video Theatre

as Dr. Robbins