
John Litel
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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
Credits

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
as Minister

Scaramouche (1952)
as Dr. Dubuque

Houseboat (1958)
as Mr. William Farnsworth

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
as Police Inspector McCrary

Nevada Smith (1966)
as Doctor

Key Largo (1948)
as Dispatcher (uncredited)

Jezebel (1938)
as Jean La Cour

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford

They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Gen. Phil Sheridan

They Drive by Night (1940)
as Harry McNamara

Lover Come Back (1961)
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)

Sealed Lips (1942)
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton

Marked Woman (1937)
as Gordon

Cass Timberlane (1947)
as Webb Wargate

Dodge City (1939)
as Matt Cole

The Kentuckian (1955)
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Texas Lady (1955)
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

Virginia City (1940)
as Marshall

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Martin

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
as Charpentier

Comanche (1956)
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles

Decision at Sundown (1957)
as Charles Summerton

Pitfall (1948)
as District Attorney

The Return of Doctor X (1939)
as Dr. Flegg

Sister Kenny (1946)
as Medical Director

Black Legion (1937)
as Tommy Smith

Salome, Where She Danced (1945)
as General Lee

Slim (1937)
as Wyatt Ranstead

The Sundowners (1950)
as John Gall

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938)
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney

The Gal Who Took the West (1949)
as Colonel Logan

So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Dr. Harrison

A Slight Case of Murder (1938)
as Post

Double Jeopardy (1955)
as Emmett Devery

Invisible Agent (1942)
as John Gardiner

The Fighting 69th (1940)
as Captain Mangan

Flight to Mars (1951)
as Dr. Lane

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Ralph Ferris

Woman in Hiding (1950)
as John Chandler

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
as Carson Drew

Father Is A Prince (1940)
as Dr. Mark Stone

The Texas Rangers (1951)
as John B. Jones

On Dress Parade (1939)
as Col. Michael Riker

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Committee Chairman

Montana Belle (1952)
as Matt Towner

San Antonio (1945)
as Charlie Bell

It All Came True (1940)
as Mr. Roberts

Christmas Eve (1947)
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent

Valley of the Giants (1938)
as Hendricks

Nancy Drew… Detective (1938)
as Carson Drew

Lady with Red Hair (1940)
as Charles Bryant

Wayward (1932)
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)
as John Wade

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
as Prosecutor

Mississippi Gambler (1942)
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel

Kid Glove Killer (1942)
as Matty

I, Jane Doe (1948)
as Horton

Castle on the Hudson (1940)
as Prison Chaplain

Money and the Woman (1940)
as Jerremy Helm

You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
as Attorney Carey

Sitting Bull (1954)
as Wilford Howell

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (1983)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)
as District Attorney Dickson

Men Without Souls (1940)
as Reverend Thomas Storm

The Hired Gun (1957)
as Mace Beldon

Alcatraz Island (1937)
as 'Gat' Brady

An Angel from Texas (1940)
as Quigley

The Gun Hawk (1963)
as Drunk - Madden's father

Secret Service of the Air (1939)
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby

The Crimson Canary (1945)
as Roger Quinn

The Beginning or the End (1947)
as K.T. Keller

The Guilty (1947)
as Alex Tremholt

Heaven Only Knows (1947)
as Reverend Wainwright

My Bill (1938)
as John C. Rudlin

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)
as Hugh Mitchell

The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)
as Chief of Police

Back in Circulation (1937)
as Dr. Eugene Forde

Night in Paradise (1946)
as Archon

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)
as Mr. Watkins

Submarine Base (1943)
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart

Murder in the Air (1940)
as Saxby

Breakdowns of 1938 (1938)
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Outpost in Morocco (1949)
as Colonel Pascal

Wings of the Navy (1939)
as Commander Clark

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)
as Carson Drew

Crime Doctor (1943)
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man

Thieves Fall Out (1941)
as Tim Gordon

Rendezvous in Space (1964)
as Priest

Midnight Court (1937)
as Victor Shanley

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Bill Appleton

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
as Carson Drew

Brewster's Millions (1945)
as Swearengen Jones

Runaway Daughters (1956)
as George Barton

Madame Spy (1942)
as Peter Rolf

The Madonna's Secret (1946)
as Lt. Roberts

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
as Tom Clancy

Murder in Times Square (1943)
as Dr. Blaine

Flight Angels (1940)
as Dr. Barclay

The Man Without a Country (1937)
as Lt. Philip Nolan

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
as Henri Beauvais

Okay for Sound (1946)
Actor

March On, Marines (1940)
as Colonel Myers

Broadway Musketeers (1938)
as Stan Dowling

Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears

A Child is Born (1939)
as Dr. Brett

The Daltons Ride Again (1945)
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon

On Trial (1939)
as Robert Strickland

Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)
as John Erickson (uncredited)

My Dog Rusty (1948)
as Hugh Mitchell

The Big Boss (1941)
as Bob Dugan

Little Egypt (1951)
as Shuster

Shamrock Hill (1949)
as Ralph Judson

Old Glory (1939)
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)
as Sam Aldrich

Swell Guy (1946)
as Arthur Tyler

She Wrote the Book (1946)
as Dean Fowler

Over the Wall (1938)
as Father Neil Connor

Father's Son (1941)
as William Emory

Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
as Spencer Merlin

Mary Ryan, Detective (1949)
as Capt. Billings

The Valiant Hombre (1948)
as Lon Lansdell

Northwest Trail (1945)
as Sergeant Means

Faces in the Fog (1944)
as Dr. Mason

Rusty Leads the Way (1948)
as Hugh Mitchell

The Declaration of Independence (1938)
as Thomas Jefferson

Jack Slade (1953)
as Judge Davidson

The Bill of Rights (1939)
as Patrick Henry
The Sleeping Porch (1929)
Actor

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)
as Sam Aldrich

Henry and Dizzy (1942)
as Sam Aldrich

Where Are Your Children? (1943)
as Judge Edmonds

One Hour to Live (1939)
as Rudolph Spain

Love, Honor and Behave (1938)
as Jim Blake

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)
as Mr. West

My Buddy (1944)
as Jim Donnelly

Smart Woman (1948)
as Clark
Cuban Fireball (1951)
as Pomeroy Sr.

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)
as Frank Baldrich

Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)
as Mr. Aldrich

Fugitive in the Sky (1936)
as Mike Phelan

The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)
as Inspector Dawes

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan

Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Inspector Lane

March On, America! (1942)
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rusty's Birthday (1949)
as Hugh Mitchell

The Enchanted Forest (1945)
as Ed Henderson

Men of Texas (1942)
as Colonel Colbert Scott

Jet Job (1952)
as Sam Bentley

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)
as Sam Aldrich

Henry Aldrich for President (1941)
as Sam Aldrich

Give Me Liberty (1936)
as Patrick Henry

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
as Norman Hadley

Lighthouse (1947)
as Hank Armitage

Soldiers in White (1942)
as Charles Anthony

Two Dollar Bettor (1951)
as John Hewitt

The Wild Dakotas (1956)
as Morgan Wheeler

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)
as Sam Aldrich

Smooth as Silk (1946)
as Stephen Elliott

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich

Finders Keepers (1929)
as (as John B. Litel)

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)
as Mr. Aldrich

For the Common Defense! (1942)
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

The Boss of Big Town (1942)
as Michael Lynn
Oh Darling! (1930)
Actor
Don't Believe It (1930)
as Dick

Triple Threat (1948)
Actor

The Return of Rusty (1946)
as Hugh Mitchell

On the Border (1930)
as Dave (as John B. Litel)

Always Faithful (1929)
as Wayne





