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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 – March 8, 1947) was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in over 430 films in his 38-year 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 1910, a comedy short filmed in Chicago by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company called 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 Slim" in 80 movies. He also appeared in Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series. Potel's first talking picture was Melody of Love, starring Walter Pidgeon, made for Universal in 1928. 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 ft 1 in or 1.85 m) 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 1924 and Action Craver in 1927, and contributed the story for Saxophobia in 1927. In the following decade, in the sound era, he was the dialogue director for The Big Chance (1933), and wrote the story for Inside Information in 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 continued to work right up until his death on 8 March 1947. The final film he worked on, Relentless finished filming on 28 February of that year.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1889-10-12
- event Death Date 1947-03-08
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 2.5
- info Birth Place Lafayette, Indiana, USA
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Forward, March!
1930-12-11
6.3
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947-04-04
0
The Good Fellows
1943-08-11
5.5
Adventure's End
1937-12-05
7
The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
4
The Tomboy on Bar Z
1912-10-21
4
Alkali Ike's Auto
1911-05-19
6.5
The Bad One
1930-05-03
4.5
Broncho Billy and the Schoolmistress
1912-02-02
5
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
1938-12-15
3.2
King of the Wild
1931-03-01
6.9
Christmas in July
1940-10-25
0
Who's Your Father?
1918-06-30
0
Call of the West
1930-05-10
5
The Making of Broncho Billy
1913-02-01
5.8
The Virginian
1929-11-09
6.8
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944-09-18
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Western Gold
1937-08-27
0
The Heart of a Child
1920-04-11
4.6
The Girl of the Golden West
1938-03-18
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Broncho Billy and the Sisters
1915-01-16
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Slim the Brave and Sophie the Fair
1915-02-11
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Sophie's Home-Coming
1915-02-04
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When Slippery Slim Went for the Eggs
1915-01-14
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The Battle of Snakeville
1915-01-07
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Sophie's Sweetheart
1914-12-10
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Snakeville's Blind Pig
1914-12-17
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Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Office
1914-12-26
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Snakeville's Rising Sons
1914-12-31
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Slippery Slim Gets Square
1914-12-24
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Sentimental Sophie
1915-01-21
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When Slippery Slim Bought the Cheese
1915-01-28
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Just a Few Little Things
1916-07-26
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Alkali Ike and the Wildman
1913-10-18
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Ingomar of the Hills
1915-04-03
7.4
Sullivan's Travels
1941-11-30
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Broncho Billy's First Arrest
1913-11-22
0
Baseball Madness
1917-05-08
0
Quincy Adams Sawyer
1922-12-04
6
The Fighting Marines
1935-11-22
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Partners
1932-01-08
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A Cowboy's Mother-in-Law
1910-10-15
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Hank and Lank: Uninvited Guests
1910-10-19
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Hank and Lank: They Get Wise to a New Scheme
1910-10-12
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The Silent Message
1910-10-29
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A Westerner's Way
1910-11-05
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Hank and Lank: Lifesavers
1910-11-08
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Hank and Lank: As Sandwich Men
1910-11-22
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Hank and Lank: Blind Men
1910-12-20
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The Tenderfoot Messenger
1910-12-17
4
Circle C Ranch's Wedding Present
1910-12-03
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A Cowboy's Vindication
1910-12-10
3.5
The Bad Man's Christmas Gift
1910-12-24
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The Count and the Cowboys
1911-01-07
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The Border Ranger
1911-01-21
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A Child of the West
1912-01-06
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The Tenderfoot Foreman
1912-09-11
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The Biter Bitten
1912-02-20
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The Oath of His Office
1912-01-27
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Widow Jenkins' Admirers
1912-01-23
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The Prospector's Legacy
1912-02-17
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The Ranch Girl's Mistake
1912-03-02
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The Two Reformations
1911-01-28
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Hank and Lank: They Make a Mash
1911-01-31
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The Bad Man's Downfall
1911-02-11
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Across the Plains
1911-04-11
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The Bunco Game at Lizardhead
1911-05-06
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Broncho Billy and the Red Man
1914-01-31
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The Sheriff's Chum
1911-04-08
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The Indian Maiden's Lesson
1911-04-22
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The Puncher's New Love
1911-05-13
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The Infant at Snakeville
1911-06-03
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Broncho Billy and the Bad Man
1914-01-24
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The Corporation and the Ranch Girl
1911-07-08
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A Hungry Pair
1911-07-05
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Broncho Billy-Guardian
1914-01-17
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Broncho Billy Reforms
1913-09-13
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Alkali Ike's Pants
1912-09-21
0
The Two Fugitives
1911-07-29
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Broncho Bill's Last Spree
1911-09-09
0
The Strike at the Little Jonny Mine
1911-09-30
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Town Hall, Tonight
1911-10-07
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Broncho Billy's Squareness
1913-12-06
0
The Forester's Plea
1911-10-28
0
Hank and Lank: Joyriding
1910-09-17
0
Hank and Lank: They Dude Up Some
1910-09-28
0
The Tout's Remembrance
1910-09-24
0
A Dog on Business
1910-09-07
4
The Bearded Bandit
1910-10-08
0
Patricia of the Plains
1910-10-01
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Broncho Billy and the Vigilante
1915-02-20
0
A Story of Montana
1912-07-13
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On the Cactus Trail
1912-07-02
0
Broncho Billy's Pal
1912-07-30
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An Indian Sunbeam
1912-09-28
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Broncho Billy for Sheriff
1912-08-31
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Alkali Ike Plays the Devil
1912-08-27
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Alkali Ike Stung!
1912-10-08
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Alkali Ike's Close Shave
1912-11-16
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Broncho Billy's Gun Play
1913-01-25
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An Indian's Friendship
1912-11-09
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Broncho Billy's Mexican Wife
1912-11-30
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Broncho Billy's Promise
1912-12-21
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Broncho Billy and the Sheriff's Kid
1913-02-22
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Broncho Billy's Gratefulness
1913-03-29
0
Broncho Billy and the Squatter's Daughter
1913-03-08
0
Alkali Ike's Homecoming
1913-04-19
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Alkali Ike and the Hypnotist
1913-06-21
0
Alkali Ike's Misfortunes
1913-05-31
0
The Accusation of Broncho Billy
1913-04-15
0
Snakeville's New Doctor
1914-01-10
0
Broncho Billy's Oath
1913-10-11
0
The Last Laugh
1913-11-12
0
Sophie's Hero
1913-11-29
0
The Three Gamblers
1913-12-12
0
A Romance of the Hills
1913-12-04
0
That Pair from Thespia
1913-12-25
0
A Snakeville Courtship
1913-12-27
0
A Night on the Road
1914-01-22
0
Sophie's New Foreman
1913-12-13
0
Slippery Slim Gets Cured
1914-10-01
0
Broncho Billy Rewarded
1914-10-17
0
Snakeville's Peace-Maker
1914-10-15
0
When Slippery Slim Met the Champion
1914-10-08
0
A Gamblers' Way
1914-02-05
0
Slippery Slim, The Mortgage and Sophie
1914-10-22
6
What Came to Bar Q
1914-01-29
0
Snakeville and the Corset Demonstrator
1914-10-29
0
Sophie and the Man of Her Choice
1914-11-12
0
Slippery Slim and the Impersonator
1914-11-05
0
Broncho Billy's Sermon
1914-05-09
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Broncho Billy's Leap
1914-05-16
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Broncho Billy and the Mine Shark
1914-06-13
0
The Bachelor's Burglar
1915-05-28
0
The Revenue Agent
1915-05-21
0
Broncho Billy and the Land Grabber
1915-06-18
0
The Snakeville Volunteer
1914-06-11
0
Sophie Pulls a Good One
1914-06-04
0
Sophie Starts Something
1914-05-28
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Pie for Sophie
1914-04-30
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The Wooing of Sophie
1914-06-18
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Sophie Finds a Hero
1914-06-25
0
Sophie Gets Stung
1914-07-02
0
A Horse on Sophie
1914-11-19
0
Sophie's Fatal Wedding
1914-12-03
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Snakeville's Reform Wave
1914-11-26
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Snakeville's New Waitress
1914-07-16
0
Broncho Billy Wins Out
1914-08-15
0
Broncho Billy's Wild Ride
1914-08-22
0
Broncho Billy, the Vagabond
1914-09-05
0
Broncho Billy, a Friend in Need
1914-09-12
0
Slippery Slim -- Diplomat
1914-07-09
0
Broncho Billy Steps In
1915-08-13
0
Broncho Billy and the Card Sharp
1915-09-17
0
A Tailor-Made Man
1922-08-05
0
Lavender and Old Lace
1921-06-01
4.1
Damaged Lives
1933-09-15
0
The Broken Coin
1936-01-10
4.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937-01-16
5
The Good-for-Nothing
1914-06-08
4
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
1919-06-29
0
The Drunkard
1935-04-03
5
Big Boy Rides Again
1935-01-05
0
The Loaded Door
1922-08-14
0
Step on It!
1922-05-29
6.8
Three Godfathers
1936-03-06
6.3
One a Minute
1921-06-19
5.4
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
6.7
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
1935-08-30
5
The Virtuous Sin
1930-10-24
4.5
Down to the Sea
1936-05-30
0
Selling Shorts
1931-11-29
0
Captain Kidd, Jr.
1919-04-05
6.5
Border Romance
1929-05-25
5
The Last of the Clintons
1935-11-12
6.7
It Happened Tomorrow
1944-03-31
0
Small Town Boy
1937-09-24
5
Gun Play
1935-12-02
5
On the Great White Trail
1938-07-22
4
Frontier Days
1934-11-14
0
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
1928-04-08
0
Bob Hampton of Placer
1921-05-01
0
Full of Pep
1919-05-26
0
Water, Water, Everywhere
1920-02-08
10
Below the Line
1925-09-20
5
Thunder Over Texas
1934-10-18
0
Reno
1923-12-09
5.5
Pot o' Gold
1941-04-03
6
The Cowboy and the Bandit
1935-04-02
0
Western Frontier
1935-08-07
5.1
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
4
Yellow Dust
1936-03-12
0
Scandal Sheet
1931-01-31
5.1
The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940-10-11
4.5
Face in the Sky
1933-01-15
5.8
Stand Up and Fight
1939-01-06
6.7
Mississippi
1935-03-22
6
Let Freedom Ring
1939-02-24
4
Down the Wyoming Trail
1939-06-13
5
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
6.3
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939-11-03
5.1
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
6
Doughboys
1930-08-30
3.5
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26
6.5
Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939-11-08
7.5
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
1933-02-03
3.5
Paradise Island
1930-07-15
7.5
Fury
1936-06-05
0
Whispering Smith Speaks
1935-05-15
4.5
Rovin' Tumbleweeds
1939-11-16
0
The Man in the Trunk
1942-09-19
6.8
Ten Cents a Dance
1931-01-30
5.6
Young Tom Edison
1940-03-15
7.2
The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
0
What Darwin Missed
1916-08-12
0
The Loafer
1912-01-20
5.5
Inside Information
1934-09-24
0
Mary's Ankle
1920-02-29
0
Chip of the Flying U
1939-11-29
5.5
Moonlight on the Prairie
1935-11-02
0
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940-12-13
5.2
The Lady from Cheyenne
1941-04-11
4.2
Ride on Vaquero
1941-04-18
0
Two Gun Law
1937-04-06
7
Song of the Saddle
1936-02-28
0
Man Hunt
1936-01-29
6
White Bondage
1937-08-05
5.5
Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
6.9
The Great McGinty
1940-08-01
5.9
Li'l Abner
1940-11-09
5.5
Three Faces West
1940-07-03
0
Captain Swagger
1928-10-13
6
The Captain's Kid
1936-11-14
5.6
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945-05-28
4.1
The Glass Alibi
1946-04-27
0
Rhythm Round-Up
1945-09-06
0
Hearts and Saddles
1917-03-31
5
Versus Sledge Hammers
1915-09-01
0
At the Sign of the Jack'O Lantern
1922-01-22
4.2
His Regeneration
1915-05-07
7.1
Ruggles of Red Gap
1935-03-08
6.5
Shipmates Forever
1935-10-12
4
Wagon Wheels West
1943-10-30
0
Melody of Love
1928-10-10
0
Uneasy Payments
1927-05-04
5
Billions
1920-12-06
0
A Petal on the Current
1919-08-03
0
Racing Romance
1926-08-09
6
The Lodge in the Wilderness
1926-07-11
0
Morganson's Finish
1926-05-15
4.5
She Couldn't Take It
1935-10-08
7
The Egg and I
1947-05-01
6.5
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947-02-20
4.5
A Medal for Benny
1945-04-16
0
Girl from God's Country
1940-07-30
0
Ten Days
1925-01-05
4
Twisted Rails
1934-05-01
5
Why Broncho Billy Left Bear County
1913-09-27
5
Broncho Billy and the Western Girls
1913-07-12
0
O'Malley of the Mounted
1936-03-27
5.8
The Great Moment
1944-07-18
5
Broncho Billy's Narrow Escape
1912-07-05
4.5
Broncho Billy's Christmas Dinner
1911-12-23
4
Broncho Billy's Adventure
1911-12-30
4
Alkali Ike Bests Broncho Billy
1912-03-26
7.1
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944-08-09
0
What Price Beauty?
1928-01-22
5
Yankee Fakir
1947-04-01
6
Laughing at Trouble
1936-12-11
0
A Lost Lady
1924-12-18
