John Litel

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-12-30 (80 years old)

Deathday

1972-02-03

Place of Birth

Albany, Wisconsin, USA

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.

Acting

1961

Pocketful of Miracles

as Police Inspector McCrary

1958

Houseboat

as Mr. William Farnsworth

1961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford

1940

1938

Jezebel

as Jean La Cour

1939

1929

Finders Keepers

as (as John B. Litel)

1966

Nevada Smith

as Doctor

1939

1948

Pitfall

as District Attorney

1940

Castle on the Hudson

as Prison Chaplain

1939

Dust Be My Destiny

as Prosecutor

1942

Sealed Lips

as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton

1938

A Slight Case of Murder

as Mr. Post, banker

1947

The Guilty

as Alex Tremholt

1942

Invisible Agent

as John Gardiner

1955

Double Jeopardy

as Emmett Devery

1946

The Madonna's Secret

as Lt. Roberts

1937

Black Legion

as Tommy Smith

1951

Flight to Mars

as Dr. Lane

1950

The Sundowners

as John Gall

1950

Woman in Hiding

as John Chandler

1945

Brewster's Millions

as Swearengen Jones

1940

Knute Rockne All American

as Committee Chairman

1940

It All Came True

as Mr. Roberts

1940

They Drive by Night

as Harry McNamara

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Gen. Phil Sheridan

1957

Decision at Sundown

as Charles Summerton

1955

The Kentuckian

as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

1948

I, Jane Doe

as Horton

1945

San Antonio

as Charlie Bell

1938

1938

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney

1942

1939

Dodge City

as Matt Cole

1950

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

1942

The Boss of Big Town

as Michael Lynn

1946

Sister Kenny

as Medical Director

1951

Two Dollar Bettor

as John Hewitt

1943

Crime Doctor

as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man

1945

The Crime Doctor's Warning

as Inspector Dawes

1947

1948

Rusty Leads the Way

as Hugh Mitchell

1949

Rusty Saves a Life

as Hugh Mitchell

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Mr. Watkins

1947

Christmas Eve

as Joe Bland, FBI Agent

1940

1943

Submarine Base

as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart

1939

1948

My Dog Rusty

as Hugh Mitchell

1942

Men of Texas

as Colonel Colbert Scott

1952

Montana Belle

as Matt Towner

1947

Heaven Only Knows

as Reverend Wainwright

1954

Sitting Bull

as Wilford Howell

1939

Old Glory

as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Charles Bryant

1940

Flight Angels

as Dr. Barclay

1947

Lighthouse

as Hank Armitage

1949

Mary Ryan, Detective

as Capt. Billings

1943

1963

The Gun Hawk

as Drunk - Madden's father

1947

Cass Timberlane

as Webb Wargate

1945

The Crimson Canary

as Roger Quinn

1943

So Proudly We Hail

as Dr. Harrison

1940

The Man Who Talked Too Much

as District Attorney Dickson

1938

Over the Wall

as Father Neil Connor

1946

Smooth as Silk

as Stephen Elliott

1941

The Big Boss

as Bob Dugan

1940

Father Is A Prince

as Dr. Mark Stone

1944

Murder in the Blue Room

as Frank Baldrich

1957

The Hired Gun

as Mace Beldon

1941

1940

Men Without Souls

as Reverend Thomas Storm

1946

1956

The Wild Dakotas

as Morgan Wheeler

1955

Texas Lady

as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

1941

Father's Son

as William Emory

1939

Secret Service of the Air

as Chief Agent Tom Saxby

1937

Missing Witnesses

as Inspector Lane

1951

Take Care of My Little Girl

as John Erickson (uncredited)

1949

Outpost in Morocco

as Colonel Pascal

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1940

Gambling on the High Seas

as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears

1938

1945

The Enchanted Forest

as Ed Henderson

1937

Midnight Court

as Victor Shanley

1939

On Dress Parade

as Col. Michael Riker

1939

On Trial

as Robert Strickland

1938

1943

Where Are Your Children?

as Judge Edmonds

1953

Jack Slade

as Judge Davidson

1936

Fugitive in the Sky

as Mike Phelan

1949

Rusty's Birthday

as Hugh Mitchell

1940

Money and the Woman

as Jerremy Helm

1938

1937

Alcatraz Island

as 'Gat' Brady

1947

Easy Come, Easy Go

as Tom Clancy

1942

1938

Comet Over Broadway

as Bill Appleton

1945

Northwest Trail

as Sergeant Means

1961

Lover Come Back

as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)

1951

The Texas Rangers

as John B. Jones

1952

Jet Job

as Sam Bentley

1939

A Child Is Born

as Dr. Brett

1949

Shamrock Hill

as Ralph Judson

1956

Comanche

as Gen. Nelson A. Miles

1951

Little Egypt

as Shuster

1937

Back in Circulation

as Dr. Eugene Forde

1952

Scaramouche

as Dr. Dubuque

1940

The Fighting 69th

as Captain Mangan

1938

My Bill

as John C. Rudlin

1938

Little Miss Thoroughbred

as Nelson "Nails" Morgan

1940

Virginia City

as Marshall

1944

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich

1943

1941

1943

1942

Henry and Dizzy

as Sam Aldrich

1944

1939

Wings of the Navy

as Commander Clark

1944

1956

Runaway Daughters

as George Barton

1940

March On, Marines

as Colonel Myers

1944

Faces in the Fog

as Dr. Mason

1930

1942

For the Common Defense!

as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

1944

My Buddy

as Father Jim Donnelly

1942

Don Winslow of the Navy

as Spencer Merlin

1948

Key Largo

as Dispatcher (uncredited)

1940

1942

Henry Aldrich, Editor

as Sam Aldrich

1951

Cuban Fireball

as Pomeroy Sr.

1937

Slim

as Wyatt Ranstead

1945

1932

Wayward

as Robert 'Bob' Daniels

1951

The Groom Wore Spurs

as Uncle George

1938

Broadway Musketeers

as Stan Dowling

1942

Madame Spy

as Peter Rolf

1936

Give Me Liberty

as Patrick Henry

1938

1937

1946

Swell Guy

as Arthur Tyler

1930

On the Border

as Dave (as John B. Litel)

1941

Thieves Fall Out

as Tim Gordon

1949

1945

The Daltons Ride Again

as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon

1948

The Valiant Hombre

as Lon Lansdell

1929

1946

She Wrote the Book

as Dean Fowler

1938

Breakdowns of 1938

as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)

1942

Soldiers in White

as Charles Anthony

1937

The Man Without a Country

as Lt. Philip Nolan

1948

Smart Woman

as Clark

1942

Mississippi Gambler

as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel

1937

Marked Woman

as Gordon

1939

The Bill of Rights

as Patrick Henry

1942

March On, America!

as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)

1946

The Return of Rusty

as Hugh Mitchell

1939

One Hour To Live

as Rudolph Spain

1964

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