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.
Known For
All Movies (170)
- Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage1983 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Nevada Smith1966 · as Doctor
- The Sons of Katie Elder1965 · as Minister
- Rendezvous in Space1964 · as Priest
- The Gun Hawk1963 · as Drunk - Madden's father
- Lover Come Back1961 · as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
- Pocketful of Miracles1961 · as Police Inspector McCrary
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea1961 · as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
- Houseboat1958 · as Mr. William Farnsworth
- Decision at Sundown1957 · as Charles Summerton
- The Hired Gun1957 · as Mace Beldon
- Comanche1956 · as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
- The Wild Dakotas1956 · as Morgan Wheeler
- Runaway Daughters1956 · as George Barton
- Texas Lady1955 · as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
- The Kentuckian1955 · as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
- Double Jeopardy1955 · as Emmett Devery
- Sitting Bull1954 · as Wilford Howell
- Jack Slade1953 · as Judge Davidson
- Montana Belle1952 · as Matt Towner
- Scaramouche1952 · as Dr. Dubuque
- Jet Job1952 · as Sam Bentley
- Flight to Mars1951 · as Dr. Lane
- Little Egypt1951 · as Shuster
- Two Dollar Bettor1951 · as John Hewitt
- Take Care of My Little Girl1951 · as John Erickson (uncredited)
- The Texas Rangers1951 · as John B. Jones
- The Groom Wore Spurs1951 · as Chief of Police
- Cuban Fireball1951 · as Pomeroy Sr.
- The Fuller Brush Girl1950 · as Mr. Watkins
- Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye1950 · as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
- The Sundowners1950 · as John Gall
- Woman in Hiding1950 · as John Chandler
- Mary Ryan, Detective1949 · as Capt. Billings
- Rusty's Birthday1949 · as Hugh Mitchell
- The Gal Who Took the West1949 · as Colonel Logan
- Outpost in Morocco1949 · as Colonel Pascal
- Rusty Saves a Life1949 · as Hugh Mitchell
- Shamrock Hill1949 · as Ralph Judson
- The Valiant Hombre1948 · as Lon Lansdell
- Rusty Leads the Way1948 · as Hugh Mitchell
- Triple Threat1948
- Pitfall1948 · as District Attorney
- Key Largo1948 · as Dispatcher (uncredited)
- I, Jane Doe1948 · as Horton
- Smart Woman1948 · as Clark
- My Dog Rusty1948 · as Hugh Mitchell
- Cass Timberlane1947 · as Webb Wargate
- Christmas Eve1947 · as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
- Heaven Only Knows1947 · as Reverend Wainwright
- The Guilty1947 · as Alex Tremholt
- Easy Come, Easy Go1947 · as Tom Clancy
- The Beginning or the End1947 · as K.T. Keller
- Lighthouse1947 · as Hank Armitage
- Swell Guy1946 · as Arthur Tyler
- Sister Kenny1946 · as Medical Director
- Okay for Sound1946
- The Return of Rusty1946 · as Hugh Mitchell
- She Wrote the Book1946 · as Dean Fowler
- Night in Paradise1946 · as Archon
- The Madonna's Secret1946 · as Lt. Roberts
- Smooth as Silk1946 · as Stephen Elliott
- San Antonio1945 · as Charlie Bell
- The Enchanted Forest1945 · as Ed Henderson
- Northwest Trail1945 · as Sergeant Means
- The Daltons Ride Again1945 · as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
- The Crimson Canary1945 · as Roger Quinn
- The Crime Doctor's Warning1945 · as Inspector Dawes
- Salome, Where She Danced1945 · as General Lee
- Brewster's Millions1945 · as Swearengen Jones
- Faces in the Fog1944 · as Dr. Mason
- Murder in the Blue Room1944 · as Frank Baldrich
- My Buddy1944 · as Jim Donnelly
- Henry Aldrich's Little Secret1944 · as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
- Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid1944 · as Mr. Aldrich
- Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout1944 · as Sam Aldrich
- Where Are Your Children?1943 · as Judge Edmonds
- Henry Aldrich Haunts a House1943 · as Sam Aldrich
- So Proudly We Hail1943 · as Dr. Harrison
- Submarine Base1943 · as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
- Henry Aldrich Swings It1943 · as Mr. Aldrich
- Crime Doctor1943 · as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
- Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour1943 · as Sam Aldrich
- Murder in Times Square1943 · as Dr. Blaine
- Madame Spy1942 · as Peter Rolf
- The Boss of Big Town1942 · as Michael Lynn
- Henry Aldrich, Editor1942 · as Sam Aldrich
- Invisible Agent1942 · as John Gardiner
- Men of Texas1942 · as Colonel Colbert Scott
- For the Common Defense!1942 · as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
- March On, America!1942 · as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Henry and Dizzy1942 · as Sam Aldrich
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen1942 · as Norman Hadley
- The Mystery of Marie Roget1942 · as Henri Beauvais
- Kid Glove Killer1942 · as Matty
- Mississippi Gambler1942 · as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
- Soldiers in White1942 · as Charles Anthony
- Don Winslow of the Navy1942 · as Spencer Merlin
- Sealed Lips1942 · as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
- They Died with Their Boots On1941 · as Gen. Phil Sheridan
- Henry Aldrich for President1941 · as Sam Aldrich
- Thieves Fall Out1941 · as Tim Gordon
- The Big Boss1941 · as Bob Dugan
- The Great Mr. Nobody1941 · as John Wade
- The Trial of Mary Dugan1941 · as Mr. West
- Father's Son1941 · as William Emory
- Santa Fe Trail1940 · as Martin
- March On, Marines1940 · as Colonel Myers
- Lady with Red Hair1940 · as Charles Bryant
- Father Is A Prince1940 · as Dr. Mark Stone
- Knute Rockne All American1940 · as Committee Chairman
- Money and the Woman1940 · as Jerremy Helm
- They Drive by Night1940 · as Harry McNamara
- The Man Who Talked Too Much1940 · as District Attorney Dickson
- Gambling on the High Seas1940 · as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
- Murder in the Air1940 · as Saxby
- Men Without Souls1940 · as Reverend Thomas Storm
- Flight Angels1940 · as Dr. Barclay
- An Angel from Texas1940 · as Quigley
- It All Came True1940 · as Mr. Roberts
- Virginia City1940 · as Marshall
- Castle on the Hudson1940 · as Prison Chaplain
- The Fighting 69th1940 · as Captain Mangan
- A Child is Born1939 · as Dr. Brett
- The Return of Doctor X1939 · as Dr. Flegg
- On Dress Parade1939 · as Col. Michael Riker
- One Hour to Live1939 · as Rudolph Spain
- Dust Be My Destiny1939 · as Prosecutor
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase1939 · as Carson Drew
- The Bill of Rights1939 · as Patrick Henry
- Old Glory1939 · as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
- Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter1939 · as Carson Drew
- Dodge City1939 · as Matt Cole
- On Trial1939 · as Robert Strickland
- You Can't Get Away with Murder1939 · as Attorney Carey
- Secret Service of the Air1939 · as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
- Nancy Drew... Reporter1939 · as Carson Drew
- Wings of the Navy1939 · as Commander Clark
- Breakdowns of 19381938 · as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Comet Over Broadway1938 · as Bill Appleton
- The Declaration of Independence1938 · as Thomas Jefferson
- Nancy Drew… Detective1938 · as Carson Drew
- Broadway Musketeers1938 · as Stan Dowling
- Valley of the Giants1938 · as Hendricks
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse1938 · as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
- My Bill1938 · as John C. Rudlin
- Little Miss Thoroughbred1938 · as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
- Over the Wall1938 · as Father Neil Connor
- Jezebel1938 · as Jean La Cour
- Love, Honor and Behave1938 · as Jim Blake
- A Slight Case of Murder1938 · as Post
- Gold Is Where You Find It1938 · as Ralph Ferris
- Missing Witnesses1937 · as Inspector Lane
- The Man Without a Country1937 · as Lt. Philip Nolan
- Alcatraz Island1937 · as 'Gat' Brady
- The Life of Emile Zola1937 · as Charpentier
- Back in Circulation1937 · as Dr. Eugene Forde
- Slim1937 · as Wyatt Ranstead
- Marked Woman1937 · as Gordon
- Midnight Court1937 · as Victor Shanley
- Black Legion1937 · as Tommy Smith
- Give Me Liberty1936 · as Patrick Henry
- Fugitive in the Sky1936 · as Mike Phelan
- Wayward1932 · as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
- On the Border1930 · as Dave (as John B. Litel)
- Oh Darling!1930
- Don't Believe It1930 · as Dick
- Always Faithful1929 · as Wayne
- Finders Keepers1929 · as (as John B. Litel)
- The Sleeping Porch1929
All TV Shows (43)
- Branded1965
- Branded1965 · as Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Vacation Playhouse1963 · as Albert P. Leviathan
- The Virginian1962 · as Finley
- The Virginian1962 · as Wade Hammill
- Hazel1961
- Route 661960
- Stagecoach West1960 · as Dan Murchison
- Hawaiian Eye1959
- Lock-Up1959
- Bonanza1959 · as Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington
- Bonanza1959 · as Mayor George Goshen
- Rawhide1959 · as Jim Rye
- Rawhide1959 · as James Whitcomb
- 77 Sunset Strip1958
- 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Colonel Richard Gaunt
- 77 Sunset Strip1958 · as Distinguished Visitor
- Bronco1958
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Judge George Healy
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Asa Morgan
- Wanted: Dead or Alive1958 · as Clint Davis
- Zorro1957 · as The Governor
- Trackdown1957 · as Judge Henry
- Maverick1957 · as Ellsworth Greeley
- Maverick1957 · as Judge Somervell
- Maverick1957 · as Judge Joshua Thayer
- Perry Mason1957 · as Judge
- Sugarfoot1957 · as Hank Tatum
- Sugarfoot1957 · as Archie Crenshaw
- Have Gun, Will Travel1957
- Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre1956 · as Sheriff Martin Calder
- Cheyenne1955
- The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp1955
- Climax!1954 · as Judge Sam Crowley
- City Detective1953
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Phillip Saunders
- General Electric Theater1953 · as Frank Hobbs
- My Hero1952 · as Willis Thackery
- Cavalcade of America1952 · as Dr. Silkworth
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Van Alten
- Four Star Playhouse1952 · as Mayor
- I Love Lucy1951 · as Harvey Cromwell
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Dr. Robbins