John Litel

Actor

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Also Known As

John Beach Litel, John B. Litel

Birth Place

Albany, Wisconsin, USA

Born

December 30, 1892

Died

February 03, 1972

Filmography

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Nevada Smith (1966)

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The Gun Hawk (1963)

Lover Come Back (1961)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Police inspector

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Admiral Crawford

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Return of Doctor X (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Prominent Actress Found Slain

Jezebel - (Re-issue Trailer)

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Nevada Smith (1966)

The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)

The Gun Hawk (1963)

Lover Come Back (1961)

Pocketful of Miracles (1961)

Police inspector

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Admiral Crawford

Houseboat (1958)

Decision at Sundown (1957)

Charles Summerton

The Hired Gun (1957)

Runaway Daughters (1956)

The Wild Dakotas (1956)

Comanche (1956)

General Nelson A. Miles

Double Jeopardy (1955)

The Kentuckian (1955)

Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Texas Lady (1955)

Sitting Bull (1954)

Jack Slade (1953)

Montana Belle (1952)

Scaramouche (1952)

Two Dollar Bettor (1951)

Take Care of My Little Girl (1951)

Little Egypt (1951)

Cuban Fireball (1951)

The Groom Wore Spurs (1951)

Chief of Police [Uncle George]

The Texas Rangers (1951)

Maj. John D. Jones

Flight to Mars (1951)

The Sundowners (1950)

Mary Ryan, Detective (1950)

Captain Billings

The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)

Chief of police Tolgate

Shamrock Hill (1949)

Woman in Hiding (1949)

Rusty Saves a Life (1949)

Outpost in Morocco (1949)

The Valiant Hombre (1949)

Rusty's Birthday (1949)

The Gal Who Took the West (1949)

District Attorney

Triple Threat (1948)

Rusty Leads the Way (1948)

My Dog Rusty (1948)

Cass Timberlane (1948)

Smart Woman (1948)

Clark, foreman of grand jury

I, Jane Doe (1948)

The Guilty (1947)

Lighthouse (1947)

Hank [Armitage]

Christmas Eve (1947)

Heaven Only Knows (1947)

Reverend Wainwright

Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)

Swell Guy (1947)

The Beginning or the End (1947)

Smooth as Silk (1946)

Stephen Elliott

The Return of Rusty (1946)

The Madonna's Secret (1946)

Sister Kenny (1946)

Medical director

A Night in Paradise (1946)

She Wrote the Book (1946)

The Enchanted Forest (1945)

Editor Henderson

The Crimson Canary (1945)

Northwest Trail (1945)

The Crime Doctor's Warning (1945)

Inspector Dawes

San Antonio (1945)

The Daltons Ride Again (1945)

Michael Bohannon

Brewster's Millions (1945)

Swearengen Jones

Salome, Where She Danced (1945)

General Robert E. Lee

Where Are Your Children? (1944)

Faces in the Fog (1944)

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944)

Mr. Sam Aldrich

Murder in the Blue Room (1944)

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944)

Mr. Sam Aldrich

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944)

My Buddy (1944)

Father Jim Donnelly

Lake Placid Serenade (1944)

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943)

Mr. Sam Aldrich

Divide and Conquer (1943)

Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943)

Mr. Sam Aldrich

Murder in Times Square (1943)

Dr. Ronald Blaine

Crime Doctor (1943)

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943)

Mr. Sam Aldrich

Submarine Base (1943)

So Proudly We Hail! (1943)

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

[Henri] Beauvais

Henry and Dizzy (1942)

Mississippi Gambler (1942)

Francis Carvel, previously known as Jim Hadley

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942)

Mr. [Sam] Aldrich

Sealed Lips (1942)

[Fred M.] Morton/[Mike] Rofano

Madame Spy (1942)

The Boss of Big Town (1942)

The Invisible Agent (1942)

Men of Texas (1942)

Colonel [Colbert] Scott

Kid Glove Killer (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

General Phil Sheridan

Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)

The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

The Great Mr. Nobody (1941)

Henry Aldrich for President (1941)

The Big Boss (1941)

Father's Son (1941)

Thieves Fall Out (1941)

Gambling on the High Seas (1940)

U.S. District Attorney

Money and the Woman (1940)

Men Without Souls (1940)

Reverend Thomas Storm

Murder in the Air (1940)

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Flight Angels (1940)

Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

Committee chairman

An Angel from Texas (1940)

The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

District Attorney Dickson

It All Came True (1940)

Virginia City (1940)

A Child Is Born (1940)

They Drive by Night (1940)

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

The Fighting 69th (1940)

You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)

Father Is a Prince (1939)

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939)

One Hour to Live (1939)

Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)

Secret Service of the Air (1939)

On Trial (1939)

Robert Strickland

The Return of Dr. X (1939)

Dr. Francis Flegg

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Commander Clark

Dodge City (1939)

On Dress Parade (1939)

Colonel Michael Riker

Dust Be My Destiny (1939)

Broadway Musketeers (1938)

Stanley Dowling

Love, Honor and Behave (1938)

Comet over Broadway (1938)

Mr. [John] Rudlin

Over the Wall (1938)

Father Neil Connor

Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)

Nancy Drew: Detective (1938)

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)

A Slight Case of Murder (1938)

Valley of the Giants (1938)

The Amazing Doctor Clitterhouse (1938)

Prosecuting attorney

Black Legion (1937)

Back in Circulation (1937)

Dr. Eugene Forde

Missing Witness (1937)

Inspector [Robert L.] Lane

Alcatraz Island (1937)

Midnight Court (1937)

Marked Woman (1937)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Missing Witnesses (1937)

Fugitive in the Sky (1936)

On the Border (1930)

Cast (Short)

For the Common Defense! (1942)

Soldiers in White (1941)

March On, Marines (1940)

The Declaration of Independence (1938)

The Man Without a Country (1937)

GIVE ME LIBERTY (1936)

Life Events

Videos

Return of Doctor X (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Prominent Actress Found Slain Opening credits and scenes from the Warner Bros. programmer The Return of Doctor X, 1939, directed by Vincent Sherman, featuring Humphrey Bogart in the freaky title role, and here fresh-faced reporter Walt (Wayne Morris) and sultry actress Angela (Lya Lys).

Lover Come Back (1961) -- (Movie Clip) It Looks Down On Madison Avenue Carol (Doris Day) has forced a hearing before the Madison Avenue ethics-enforcing “Advertising Council,” not knowing that her target, Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson, not seen) has tricked her witness, dishy model Rebel (Edie Adams) into hiding his dubious practices, in Lover Come Back, 1961.

Brewster's Millions (1945) -- (Movie Clip) Maybe Them Nazis Are Suing Having just arrived home, soldier Monty Brewster (Dennis O'Keefe), family and pals get news of great wealth from the unexpected Swearengen Jones (John Litel) in Brewster's Millions, 1945.

Return of Doctor X (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Start The Transfusion One suspects more than meets the eye, as doctors Rhodes (Dennis Morgan) and Flegg (John Litel) prepare to operate on Joan (Rosemary Lane), in the Warner Bros. programmer The Return of Doctor X, 1939, directed by Vincent Sherman.

Kid Glove Killer, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Lots Of People Are Called Your Honor First-time feature director Fred Zinnemann’s first scene, after several years making shorts for MGM, efficient framing as we meet the newly elected mayor (Samuel S. Hinds) and his adviser, lawyer Ladimer (Lee Bowman), then crime kingpin Matty (John Litel), in the programmer Kid Glove Killer, 1942.

They Died With Their Boots On (1942) -- (Movie Clip) A Half-Baked Officer As West Point Commandant Sheridan (John Litel) considers him for expedited promotion and Civil War duty, Major Taipe (Stanley Ridges) objecting, cadet Custer (Errol Flynn) has his first encounter with Miss Bacon (Olivia De Havilland), in Raoul Walsh's They Died With Their Boots On, 1942.

They Drive By Night -- (Movie Clip) Blow Your Horn Legend has it George Raft (as trucker "Joe") saved lives, falling back on his rum-running skills to prevent a crash, in this action scene with Humphrey Bogart ("Paul") and Ann Sheridan ("Cassie") from Raoul Walsh's They Drive By Night, 1940.

Dodge City (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Gay Lady Saloon Ruby (Ann Sheridan, plausible as a saloon singer) is introduced as Cole (John Litel) seeks payment from proprietor Surrett (Bruce Cabot) and meets henchman Yancey (Victor Jory) in a dazzling scene from Michael Curtiz's Dodge City, 1939.

Comanche -- (Movie Clip) Quanah Cavalry scout Jim Read (Dana Andrews) briefs General Miles (John Litel), Commissioner Ward (Lowell Gilmore) and a Mexican diplomat on Indian chief Quanah Parker, in Comanche, (1956).

Jezebel - (Re-issue Trailer) Bette Davis received her second Academy Award portraying a fiery Southern belle in Jezebel (1938).

Fuller Brush Girl, The - (Re-issue Trailer) Lucille Ball stars as a daffy door-to-door saleswoman who blunders into a murder investigation in The Fuller Brush Girl (1950).

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