Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-12-30 (80 years old)
Deathday
1972-02-03
Place of Birth
Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Also known As
John Beach Litel
John B. Litel
جان لایتل
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.
1961
as Police Inspector McCrary
1958
as Mr. William Farnsworth
1961
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
1940
as Martin
1938
as Jean La Cour
1939
as Dr. Flegg
1948
1929
as (as John B. Litel)
1966
as Doctor
1939
as Carson Drew
1948
as District Attorney
1940
as Prison Chaplain
1939
as Prosecutor
1942
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
1938
as Mr. Post, banker
1947
as Alex Tremholt
1942
as John Gardiner
1955
as Emmett Devery
1946
as Lt. Roberts
1937
as Tommy Smith
1951
as Dr. Lane
1950
as John Gall
1950
as John Chandler
1945
as Swearengen Jones
1940
as Committee Chairman
1965
as Minister
1940
as Mr. Roberts
1940
as Harry McNamara
1941
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
1957
as Charles Summerton
1955
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
1948
as Horton
1945
as Charlie Bell
1939
as Carson Drew
1938
as Carson Drew
1939
as Carson Drew
1938
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
1942
as Matty
1939
as Matt Cole
1950
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
1942
as Michael Lynn
1942
as Norman Hadley
1946
as Medical Director
1951
as John Hewitt
1943
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
1945
as Inspector Dawes
1947
as K.T. Keller
1948
as Hugh Mitchell
1949
as Hugh Mitchell
1950
as Mr. Watkins
1947
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
1940
as Saxby
1943
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
1939
as Attorney Carey
1948
as Hugh Mitchell
1942
as Colonel Colbert Scott
1952
as Matt Towner
1947
as Reverend Wainwright
1954
as Wilford Howell
1939
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
1940
as Charles Bryant
1940
as Dr. Barclay
1947
as Hank Armitage
1949
as Capt. Billings
1943
as Dr. Blaine
1963
as Drunk - Madden's father
1947
as Webb Wargate
1945
as Roger Quinn
1943
as Dr. Harrison
1940
as District Attorney Dickson
1938
as Father Neil Connor
1946
as Stephen Elliott
1941
as Bob Dugan
1940
as Dr. Mark Stone
1944
as Frank Baldrich
1957
as Mace Beldon
1941
as John Wade
1940
as Reverend Thomas Storm
1946
as Archon
1956
as Morgan Wheeler
1955
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
1941
as William Emory
1939
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
1937
as Inspector Lane
1951
as John Erickson (uncredited)
1949
as Colonel Pascal
1983
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
1938
as Hendricks
1945
as Ed Henderson
1937
as Victor Shanley
1939
as Col. Michael Riker
1939
as Robert Strickland
1938
as Ralph Ferris
1943
as Judge Edmonds
1953
as Judge Davidson
1936
as Mike Phelan
1949
as Hugh Mitchell
1940
as Jerremy Helm
1938
as Jim Blake
1937
as 'Gat' Brady
1947
as Tom Clancy
1942
as Henri Beauvais
1938
as Bill Appleton
1945
as Sergeant Means
1961
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
1930
1951
as John B. Jones
1952
as Sam Bentley
1939
as Dr. Brett
1949
as Ralph Judson
1956
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
1951
as Shuster
1937
as Dr. Eugene Forde
1952
as Dr. Dubuque
1940
as Captain Mangan
1938
as John C. Rudlin
1938
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
1940
as Marshall
1944
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
1943
as Sam Aldrich
1941
as Sam Aldrich
1943
as Mr. Aldrich
1943
as Sam Aldrich
1942
as Sam Aldrich
1944
as Sam Aldrich
1939
as Commander Clark
1944
as Mr. Aldrich
1956
as George Barton
1940
as Colonel Myers
1944
as Dr. Mason
1930
as Dick
1941
as Mr. West
1942
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
1944
as Father Jim Donnelly
1942
as Spencer Merlin
1948
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
1940
as Quigley
1942
as Sam Aldrich
1951
as Pomeroy Sr.
1937
as Wyatt Ranstead
1945
as General Lee
1932
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
1951
as Uncle George
1938
as Stan Dowling
1942
as Peter Rolf
1936
as Patrick Henry
1938
as Thomas Jefferson
1937
as Charpentier
1946
as Arthur Tyler
1930
as Dave (as John B. Litel)
1941
as Tim Gordon
1949
as Colonel Logan
1945
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
1948
as Lon Lansdell
1929
as Wayne
1946
as Dean Fowler
1938
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
1942
as Charles Anthony
1937
as Lt. Philip Nolan
1948
as Clark
1942
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
1937
as Gordon
1939
as Patrick Henry
1942
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
1946
as Hugh Mitchell
1946
1939
as Rudolph Spain
1964
as Priest
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