John Litel
169 movies · 30 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 30, 1892
- Died
- Feb 3, 1972 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Albany, Wisconsin, USA
- Also known as
- John Beach Litel · John B. Litel · جان لایتل
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.
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Known for
John Litel: movies and TV shows
Acting (199)
- 1966 Nevada Smith
as Doctor
- 1965 The Sons of Katie Elder
as Minister
- 1965
- 1964 Rendezvous in Space
as Priest
- 1963 The Gun Hawk
as Drunk - Madden's father
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961 Lover Come Back
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
- 1961 Pocketful of Miracles
as Police Inspector McCrary
- 1961
- 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
- 1960
- 1960
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958 Houseboat
as Mr. William Farnsworth
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1957 Decision at Sundown
as Charles Summerton
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957
- 1957 The Hired Gun
as Mace Beldon
- 1957
- 1957
- 1956
- 1956 Comanche
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
- 1956 The Wild Dakotas
as Morgan Wheeler
- 1956 Runaway Daughters
as George Barton
- 1955 Texas Lady
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
- 1955
- 1955
- 1955 The Kentuckian
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
- 1955 Double Jeopardy
as Emmett Devery
- 1954
- 1954 Sitting Bull
as Wilford Howell
- 1953 Jack Slade
as Judge Davidson
- 1953
- 1953
- 1952 Montana Belle
as Matt Towner
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 Scaramouche
as Dr. Dubuque
- 1952 Jet Job
as Sam Bentley
- 1951 Flight to Mars
as Dr. Lane
- 1951
- 1951 Little Egypt
as Shuster
- 1951 Two Dollar Bettor
as John Hewitt
- 1951 Take Care of My Little Girl
as John Erickson (uncredited)
- 1951 The Texas Rangers
as John B. Jones
- 1951 The Groom Wore Spurs
as Chief of Police
- 1951 Cuban Fireball
as Pomeroy Sr.
- 1950
- 1950 The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Watkins
- 1950 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
- 1950 The Sundowners
as John Gall
- 1950 Woman in Hiding
as John Chandler
- 1949 Mary Ryan, Detective
as Capt. Billings
- 1949 Rusty's Birthday
as Hugh Mitchell
- 1949 The Gal Who Took the West
as Colonel Logan
- 1949 Outpost in Morocco
as Colonel Pascal
- 1949 Rusty Saves a Life
as Hugh Mitchell
- 1949 Shamrock Hill
as Ralph Judson
- 1948 The Valiant Hombre
as Lon Lansdell
- 1948 Rusty Leads the Way
as Hugh Mitchell
- 1948
- 1948 Pitfall
as District Attorney
- 1948 Key Largo
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
- 1948 I, Jane Doe
as Horton
- 1948 Smart Woman
as Clark
- 1948 My Dog Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
- 1947 Cass Timberlane
as Webb Wargate
- 1947 Christmas Eve
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
- 1947 Heaven Only Knows
as Reverend Wainwright
- 1947 The Guilty
as Alex Tremholt
- 1947 Easy Come, Easy Go
as Tom Clancy
- 1947 The Beginning or the End
as K.T. Keller
- 1947 Lighthouse
as Hank Armitage
- 1946 Swell Guy
as Arthur Tyler
- 1946 Sister Kenny
as Medical Director
- 1946
- 1946 The Return of Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
- 1946 She Wrote the Book
as Dean Fowler
- 1946 Night in Paradise
as Archon
- 1946 The Madonna's Secret
as Lt. Roberts
- 1946 Smooth as Silk
as Stephen Elliott
- 1945 San Antonio
as Charlie Bell
- 1945 The Enchanted Forest
as Ed Henderson
- 1945 Northwest Trail
as Sergeant Means
- 1945 The Daltons Ride Again
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
- 1945 The Crimson Canary
as Roger Quinn
- 1945 The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Inspector Dawes
- 1945 Salome, Where She Danced
as General Lee
- 1945 Brewster's Millions
as Swearengen Jones
- 1944 Faces in the Fog
as Dr. Mason
- 1944 Murder in the Blue Room
as Frank Baldrich
- 1944 My Buddy
as Jim Donnelly
- 1944 Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
- 1944 Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mr. Aldrich
- 1944 Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Sam Aldrich
- 1943 Where Are Your Children?
as Judge Edmonds
- 1943 Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
as Sam Aldrich
- 1943 So Proudly We Hail
as Dr. Harrison
- 1943 Submarine Base
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
- 1943 Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Mr. Aldrich
- 1943 Crime Doctor
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
- 1943 Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Sam Aldrich
- 1943 Murder in Times Square
as Dr. Blaine
- 1942 Madame Spy
as Peter Rolf
- 1942 The Boss of Big Town
as Michael Lynn
- 1942 Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Sam Aldrich
- 1942 Invisible Agent
as John Gardiner
- 1942 Men of Texas
as Colonel Colbert Scott
- 1942 For the Common Defense!
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
- 1942 March On, America!
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1942 Henry and Dizzy
as Sam Aldrich
- 1942 A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Norman Hadley
- 1942 The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Henri Beauvais
- 1942 Kid Glove Killer
as Matty
- 1942 Mississippi Gambler
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
- 1942 Soldiers in White
as Charles Anthony
- 1942 Don Winslow of the Navy
as Spencer Merlin
- 1942 Sealed Lips
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
- 1941 Henry Aldrich for President
as Sam Aldrich
- 1941 Thieves Fall Out
as Tim Gordon
- 1941 The Big Boss
as Bob Dugan
- 1941 The Great Mr. Nobody
as John Wade
- 1941 The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mr. West
- 1941 Father's Son
as William Emory
- 1940 Santa Fe Trail
as Martin
- 1940 March On, Marines
as Colonel Myers
- 1940 Lady with Red Hair
as Charles Bryant
- 1940 Father Is A Prince
as Dr. Mark Stone
- 1940 Knute Rockne All American
as Committee Chairman
- 1940 Money and the Woman
as Jerremy Helm
- 1940 They Drive by Night
as Harry McNamara
- 1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much
as District Attorney Dickson
- 1940 Gambling on the High Seas
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
- 1940 Murder in the Air
as Saxby
- 1940 Men Without Souls
as Reverend Thomas Storm
- 1940 Flight Angels
as Dr. Barclay
- 1940 An Angel from Texas
as Quigley
- 1940 It All Came True
as Mr. Roberts
- 1940 Virginia City
as Marshall
- 1940 Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Chaplain
- 1940 The Fighting 69th
as Captain Mangan
- 1939 A Child is Born
as Dr. Brett
- 1939 The Return of Doctor X
as Dr. Flegg
- 1939 On Dress Parade
as Col. Michael Riker
- 1939 One Hour to Live
as Rudolph Spain
- 1939 Dust Be My Destiny
as Prosecutor
- 1939 Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Carson Drew
- 1939 The Bill of Rights
as Patrick Henry
- 1939 Old Glory
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
- 1939 Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Carson Drew
- 1939 Dodge City
as Matt Cole
- 1939 On Trial
as Robert Strickland
- 1939 You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Attorney Carey
- 1939 Secret Service of the Air
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
- 1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Carson Drew
- 1939 Wings of the Navy
as Commander Clark
- 1938 Breakdowns of 1938
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1938 Comet Over Broadway
as Bill Appleton
- 1938 The Declaration of Independence
as Thomas Jefferson
- 1938 Nancy Drew… Detective
as Carson Drew
- 1938 Broadway Musketeers
as Stan Dowling
- 1938 Valley of the Giants
as Hendricks
- 1938 The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
- 1938 My Bill
as John C. Rudlin
- 1938 Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
- 1938 Over the Wall
as Father Neil Connor
- 1938 Jezebel
as Jean La Cour
- 1938 Love, Honor and Behave
as Jim Blake
- 1938 A Slight Case of Murder
as Post
- 1938 Gold Is Where You Find It
as Ralph Ferris
- 1937 Missing Witnesses
as Inspector Lane
- 1937 The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan
- 1937 Alcatraz Island
as 'Gat' Brady
- 1937 The Life of Emile Zola
as Charpentier
- 1937 Back in Circulation
as Dr. Eugene Forde
- 1937 Slim
as Wyatt Ranstead
- 1937 Marked Woman
as Gordon
- 1937 Midnight Court
as Victor Shanley
- 1937 Black Legion
as Tommy Smith
- 1936 Give Me Liberty
as Patrick Henry
- 1936 Fugitive in the Sky
as Mike Phelan
- 1932 Wayward
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
- 1930 On the Border
as Dave (as John B. Litel)
- 1930
- 1930 Don't Believe It
as Dick
- 1929 Always Faithful
as Wayne
- 1929 Finders Keepers
as (as John B. Litel)
- 1929
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1983