John Litel
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 30, 1892, Albany, Wisconsin, USA
- Died
- February 3, 1972
- Movies
- 170
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.
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1983 | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1966 | Nevada Smith | Doctor |
| 1965 | The Sons of Katie Elder | Minister |
| 1964 | Rendezvous in Space | Priest |
| 1963 | The Gun Hawk | Drunk - Madden's father |
| 1961 | Lover Come Back | Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Police Inspector McCrary |
| 1961 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford |
| 1958 | Houseboat | Mr. William Farnsworth |
| 1957 | Decision at Sundown | Charles Summerton |
| 1957 | The Hired Gun | Mace Beldon |
| 1956 | Comanche | Gen. Nelson A. Miles |
| 1956 | The Wild Dakotas | Morgan Wheeler |
| 1956 | Runaway Daughters | George Barton |
| 1955 | Texas Lady | Meade Moore (wigwam owner) |
| 1955 | The Kentuckian | Pleasant Tuesday Babson |
| 1955 | Double Jeopardy | Emmett Devery |
| 1954 | Sitting Bull | Wilford Howell |
| 1953 | Jack Slade | Judge Davidson |
| 1952 | Montana Belle | Matt Towner |
| 1952 | Scaramouche | Dr. Dubuque |
| 1952 | Jet Job | Sam Bentley |
| 1951 | Flight to Mars | Dr. Lane |
| 1951 | Little Egypt | Shuster |
| 1951 | Two Dollar Bettor | John Hewitt |
| 1951 | Take Care of My Little Girl | John Erickson (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Texas Rangers | John B. Jones |
| 1951 | The Groom Wore Spurs | Chief of Police |
| 1951 | Cuban Fireball | Pomeroy Sr. |
| 1950 | The Fuller Brush Girl | Mr. Watkins |
| 1950 | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Police Chief Sam Tolgate |
| 1950 | The Sundowners | John Gall |
| 1950 | Woman in Hiding | John Chandler |
| 1949 | Mary Ryan, Detective | Capt. Billings |
| 1949 | Rusty's Birthday | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1949 | The Gal Who Took the West | Colonel Logan |
| 1949 | Outpost in Morocco | Colonel Pascal |
| 1949 | Rusty Saves a Life | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1949 | Shamrock Hill | Ralph Judson |
| 1948 | The Valiant Hombre | Lon Lansdell |
| 1948 | Rusty Leads the Way | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1948 | Triple Threat | |
| 1948 | Pitfall | District Attorney |
| 1948 | Key Largo | Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| 1948 | I, Jane Doe | Horton |
| 1948 | Smart Woman | Clark |
| 1948 | My Dog Rusty | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1947 | Cass Timberlane | Webb Wargate |
| 1947 | Christmas Eve | Joe Bland, FBI Agent |
| 1947 | Heaven Only Knows | Reverend Wainwright |
| 1947 | The Guilty | Alex Tremholt |
| 1947 | Easy Come, Easy Go | Tom Clancy |
| 1947 | The Beginning or the End | K.T. Keller |
| 1947 | Lighthouse | Hank Armitage |
| 1946 | Swell Guy | Arthur Tyler |
| 1946 | Sister Kenny | Medical Director |
| 1946 | Okay for Sound | |
| 1946 | The Return of Rusty | Hugh Mitchell |
| 1946 | She Wrote the Book | Dean Fowler |
| 1946 | Night in Paradise | Archon |
| 1946 | The Madonna's Secret | Lt. Roberts |
| 1946 | Smooth as Silk | Stephen Elliott |
| 1945 | San Antonio | Charlie Bell |
| 1945 | The Enchanted Forest | Ed Henderson |
| 1945 | Northwest Trail | Sergeant Means |
| 1945 | The Daltons Ride Again | Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon |
| 1945 | The Crimson Canary | Roger Quinn |
| 1945 | The Crime Doctor's Warning | Inspector Dawes |
| 1945 | Salome, Where She Danced | General Lee |
| 1945 | Brewster's Millions | Swearengen Jones |
| 1944 | Faces in the Fog | Dr. Mason |
| 1944 | Murder in the Blue Room | Frank Baldrich |
| 1944 | My Buddy | Jim Donnelly |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mr. Aldrich |
| 1944 | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Sam Aldrich |
| 1943 | Where Are Your Children? | Judge Edmonds |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | Sam Aldrich |
| 1943 | So Proudly We Hail | Dr. Harrison |
| 1943 | Submarine Base | James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Swings It | Mr. Aldrich |
| 1943 | Crime Doctor | Emilio Caspari, the mystery man |
| 1943 | Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Sam Aldrich |
| 1943 | Murder in Times Square | Dr. Blaine |
| 1942 | Madame Spy | Peter Rolf |
| 1942 | The Boss of Big Town | Michael Lynn |
| 1942 | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Sam Aldrich |
| 1942 | Invisible Agent | John Gardiner |
| 1942 | Men of Texas | Colonel Colbert Scott |
| 1942 | For the Common Defense! | Subprefect Santiago Castillo |
| 1942 | March On, America! | Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Henry and Dizzy | Sam Aldrich |
| 1942 | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Norman Hadley |
| 1942 | The Mystery of Marie Roget | Henri Beauvais |
| 1942 | Kid Glove Killer | Matty |
| 1942 | Mississippi Gambler | Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel |
| 1942 | Soldiers in White | Charles Anthony |
| 1942 | Don Winslow of the Navy | Spencer Merlin |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips | Mike Rofano / Fred Morton |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Gen. Phil Sheridan |
| 1941 | Henry Aldrich for President | Sam Aldrich |
| 1941 | Thieves Fall Out | Tim Gordon |
| 1941 | The Big Boss | Bob Dugan |
| 1941 | The Great Mr. Nobody | John Wade |
| 1941 | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mr. West |
| 1941 | Father's Son | William Emory |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Martin |
| 1940 | March On, Marines | Colonel Myers |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Charles Bryant |
| 1940 | Father Is A Prince | Dr. Mark Stone |
| 1940 | Knute Rockne All American | Committee Chairman |
| 1940 | Money and the Woman | Jerremy Helm |
| 1940 | They Drive by Night | Harry McNamara |
| 1940 | The Man Who Talked Too Much | District Attorney Dickson |
| 1940 | Gambling on the High Seas | U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears |
| 1940 | Murder in the Air | Saxby |
| 1940 | Men Without Souls | Reverend Thomas Storm |
| 1940 | Flight Angels | Dr. Barclay |
| 1940 | An Angel from Texas | Quigley |
| 1940 | It All Came True | Mr. Roberts |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Marshall |
| 1940 | Castle on the Hudson | Prison Chaplain |
| 1940 | The Fighting 69th | Captain Mangan |
| 1939 | A Child is Born | Dr. Brett |
| 1939 | The Return of Doctor X | Dr. Flegg |
| 1939 | On Dress Parade | Col. Michael Riker |
| 1939 | One Hour to Live | Rudolph Spain |
| 1939 | Dust Be My Destiny | Prosecutor |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Carson Drew |
| 1939 | The Bill of Rights | Patrick Henry |
| 1939 | Old Glory | Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Carson Drew |
| 1939 | Dodge City | Matt Cole |
| 1939 | On Trial | Robert Strickland |
| 1939 | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Attorney Carey |
| 1939 | Secret Service of the Air | Chief Agent Tom Saxby |
| 1939 | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Carson Drew |
| 1939 | Wings of the Navy | Commander Clark |
| 1938 | Breakdowns of 1938 | Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Comet Over Broadway | Bill Appleton |
| 1938 | The Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| 1938 | Nancy Drew… Detective | Carson Drew |
| 1938 | Broadway Musketeers | Stan Dowling |
| 1938 | Valley of the Giants | Hendricks |
| 1938 | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1938 | My Bill | John C. Rudlin |
| 1938 | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Nelson "Nails" Morgan |
| 1938 | Over the Wall | Father Neil Connor |
| 1938 | Jezebel | Jean La Cour |
| 1938 | Love, Honor and Behave | Jim Blake |
| 1938 | A Slight Case of Murder | Post |
| 1938 | Gold Is Where You Find It | Ralph Ferris |
| 1937 | Missing Witnesses | Inspector Lane |
| 1937 | The Man Without a Country | Lt. Philip Nolan |
| 1937 | Alcatraz Island | 'Gat' Brady |
| 1937 | The Life of Emile Zola | Charpentier |
| 1937 | Back in Circulation | Dr. Eugene Forde |
| 1937 | Slim | Wyatt Ranstead |
| 1937 | Marked Woman | Gordon |
| 1937 | Midnight Court | Victor Shanley |
| 1937 | Black Legion | Tommy Smith |
| 1936 | Give Me Liberty | Patrick Henry |
| 1936 | Fugitive in the Sky | Mike Phelan |
| 1932 | Wayward | Robert 'Bob' Daniels |
| 1930 | On the Border | Dave (as John B. Litel) |
| 1930 | Oh Darling! | |
| 1930 | Don't Believe It | Dick |
| 1929 | Always Faithful | Wayne |
| 1929 | Finders Keepers | (as John B. Litel) |
| 1929 | The Sleeping Porch |
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