John Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film actor. During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Back in the U.S. after the war, Litel enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career. In 1929, he started appearing in films. Part of the "Warner Bros. Stock Company" beginning in the 1930s, he appeared in dozens of Warner Bros. films. He often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops, district attorneys, etc. He appeared in over 200 films, including They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Scaramouche (1952), and his final film role in Nevada Smith (1966).
Movie | Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983-02-25 |
Movie | Nevada Smith | Doctor | 1966-06-10 |
Series | Branded | Unknown | 1965-01-24 |
Movie | The Sons of Katie Elder | Minister | 1965-06-23 |
Series | Vacation Playhouse | Unknown | 1963-07-22 |
Movie | The Gun Hawk | Drunk - Madden's father | 1963-08-28 |
Series | The Virginian | Unknown | 1962-09-19 |
Series | Hazel | Unknown | 1961-09-28 |
Movie | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford | 1961-07-12 |
Movie | Pocketful of Miracles | Police Inspector McCrary | 1961-12-18 |
Movie | Lover Come Back | Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited) | 1961-12-20 |
Series | Route 66 | Unknown | 1960-10-07 |
Series | Rawhide | Unknown | 1959-01-09 |
Series | Hawaiian Eye | Unknown | 1959-10-07 |
Series | Lock Up | Unknown | 1959-09-28 |
Series | Wanted: Dead or Alive | Unknown | 1958-09-06 |
Series | Bronco | Unknown | 1958-09-23 |
Movie | Houseboat | Mr. William Farnsworth | 1958-11-19 |
Series | 77 Sunset Strip | Unknown | 1958-10-10 |
Series | Sugarfoot | Unknown | 1957-09-17 |
Movie | The Hired Gun | Mace Beldon | 1957-09-20 |
Series | Have Gun, Will Travel | Unknown | 1957-09-14 |
Series | Perry Mason | Unknown | 1957-09-21 |
Movie | Decision at Sundown | Charles Summerton | 1957-11-10 |
Series | Zorro | Unknown | 1957-10-10 |
Series | Trackdown | Unknown | 1957-10-04 |
Series | Maverick | Unknown | 1957-09-22 |
Movie | Runaway Daughters | George Barton | 1956-01-20 |
Movie | The Wild Dakotas | Morgan Wheeler | 1956-02-28 |
Series | Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Unknown | 1956-10-05 |
Movie | Comanche | Gen. Nelson A. Miles | 1956-03-01 |
Movie | The Kentuckian | Pleasant Tuesday Babson | 1955-07-22 |
Series | The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | Unknown | 1955-09-06 |
Movie | Double Jeopardy | Emmett Devery | 1955-06-23 |
Series | Cheyenne | Unknown | 1955-09-20 |
Movie | Texas Lady | Meade Moore (wigwam owner) | 1955-11-23 |
Movie | Sitting Bull | Wilford Howell | 1954-10-06 |
Series | Climax! | Unknown | 1954-10-07 |
Series | City Detective | Unknown | 1953-09-07 |
Series | General Electric Theater | Unknown | 1953-02-01 |
Movie | Jack Slade | Judge Davidson | 1953-11-08 |
Movie | Scaramouche | Dr. Dubuque | 1952-05-08 |
Series | Cavalcade of America | Unknown | 1952-10-01 |
Series | My Hero | 1952-11-08 | |
Movie | Montana Belle | Matt Towner | 1952-11-11 |
Movie | The Texas Rangers | John B. Jones | 1951-06-03 |
Movie | Take Care of My Little Girl | John Erickson (uncredited) | 1951-07-06 |
Movie | The Groom Wore Spurs | Uncle George | 1951-03-13 |
Series | I Love Lucy | Unknown | 1951-10-15 |
Movie | Two Dollar Bettor | John Hewitt | 1951-09-09 |
Movie | Flight To Mars | Dr. Lane | 1951-11-11 |
Movie | Little Egypt | Shuster | 1951-10-01 |
Movie | Woman in Hiding | John Chandler | 1950-01-06 |
Movie | The Sundowners | John Gall | 1950-02-02 |
Movie | The Fuller Brush Girl | Mr. Watkins | 1950-09-15 |
Series | Lux Video Theatre | Unknown | 1950-10-02 |
Movie | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Police Chief Sam Tolgate | 1950-08-19 |
Movie | Rusty Saves a Life | Hugh Mitchell | 1949-02-03 |
Movie | The Gal Who Took the West | Colonel Logan | 1949-09-01 |
Movie | Outpost in Morocco | Colonel Pascal | 1949-05-02 |
Movie | Rusty's Birthday | Hugh Mitchell | 1949-11-03 |
Movie | Mary Ryan, Detective | Capt. Billings | 1949-11-03 |
Movie | Smart Woman | Clark | 1948-04-30 |
Movie | My Dog Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1948-04-08 |
Movie | I, Jane Doe | Horton | 1948-05-25 |
Movie | Key Largo | Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1948-07-16 |
Movie | The Valiant Hombre | Lon Lansdell | 1948-12-15 |
Movie | Rusty Leads the Way | Hugh Mitchell | 1948-10-21 |
Movie | Pitfall | District Attorney | 1948-08-11 |
Movie | The Beginning or the End | K.T. Keller | 1947-02-19 |
Movie | Lighthouse | Hank Armitage | 1947-01-10 |
Movie | Easy Come, Easy Go | Tom Clancy | 1947-03-07 |
Movie | Christmas Eve | Joe Bland, FBI Agent | 1947-10-31 |
Movie | The Guilty | Alex Tremholt | 1947-03-22 |
Movie | Cass Timberlane | Webb Wargate | 1947-11-06 |
Movie | Heaven Only Knows | Reverend Wainwright | 1947-09-12 |
Movie | Smooth as Silk | Stephen Elliott | 1946-02-01 |
Movie | The Madonna's Secret | Lt. Roberts | 1946-02-16 |
Movie | Night in Paradise | Archon | 1946-05-03 |
Movie | Okay for Sound | 1946-09-07 | |
Movie | Sister Kenny | Medical Director | 1946-10-10 |
Movie | She Wrote the Book | Dean Fowler | 1946-05-31 |
Movie | The Crime Doctor's Warning | Inspector Dawes | 1945-09-27 |
Movie | Salome, Where She Danced | General Lee | 1945-04-17 |
Movie | Brewster's Millions | Swearengen Jones | 1945-04-07 |
Movie | The Crimson Canary | Roger Quinn | 1945-11-09 |
Movie | San Antonio | Charlie Bell | 1945-12-29 |
Movie | The Daltons Ride Again | Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon | 1945-11-23 |
Movie | The Enchanted Forest | Ed Henderson | 1945-12-08 |
Movie | Northwest Trail | Sergeant Means | 1945-11-30 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mr. Aldrich | 1944-04-01 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Sam Aldrich | 1944-01-13 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich | 1944-06-10 |
Movie | Murder in the Blue Room | Frank Baldrich | 1944-10-27 |
Movie | Faces in the Fog | Dr. Mason | 1944-11-30 |
Movie | My Buddy | Father Jim Donnelly | 1944-10-12 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Sam Aldrich | 1943-04-30 |
Movie | Murder in Times Square | Dr. Blaine | 1943-04-01 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich Swings It | Mr. Aldrich | 1943-06-23 |
Movie | Crime Doctor | Emilio Caspari, the mystery man | 1943-06-22 |
Movie | Submarine Base | James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart | 1943-07-20 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | Sam Aldrich | 1943-11-10 |
Movie | Where Are Your Children? | Judge Edmonds | 1943-11-26 |
Movie | So Proudly We Hail | Dr. Harrison | 1943-09-09 |
Movie | Kid Glove Killer | Matty | 1942-04-17 |
Movie | A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Norman Hadley | 1942-05-07 |
Movie | Soldiers in White | Charles Anthony | 1942-02-07 |
Movie | Don Winslow of the Navy | Spencer Merlin | 1942-01-06 |
Movie | Henry and Dizzy | Sam Aldrich | 1942-06-05 |
Movie | Sealed Lips | Mike Rofano / Fred Morton | 1942-01-02 |
Movie | The Mystery of Marie Roget | Henri Beauvais | 1942-04-23 |
Movie | The Boss of Big Town | Michael Lynn | 1942-12-07 |
Movie | March On, America! | Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942-06-20 |
Movie | Invisible Agent | John Gardiner | 1942-08-07 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich, Editor | Sam Aldrich | 1942-09-01 |
Movie | Madame Spy | Peter Rolf | 1942-12-11 |
Movie | Men of Texas | Colonel Colbert Scott | 1942-07-03 |
Movie | The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mr. West | 1941-02-14 |
Movie | Father's Son | William Emory | 1941-02-12 |
Movie | The Big Boss | Bob Dugan | 1941-04-28 |
Movie | The Great Mr. Nobody | John Wade | 1941-02-15 |
Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Gen. Phil Sheridan | 1941-11-20 |
Movie | Henry Aldrich for President | Sam Aldrich | 1941-10-17 |
Movie | Thieves Fall Out | Tim Gordon | 1941-05-03 |
Movie | Flight Angels | Dr. Barclay | 1940-05-18 |
Movie | Murder in the Air | Saxby | 1940-06-01 |
Movie | An Angel from Texas | Quigley | 1940-04-27 |
Movie | Men Without Souls | Reverend Thomas Storm | 1940-05-20 |
Movie | Gambling on the High Seas | U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears | 1940-06-22 |
Movie | The Fighting 69th | Captain Mangan | 1940-01-27 |
Movie | Castle on the Hudson | Prison Chaplain | 1940-02-17 |
Movie | It All Came True | Mr. Roberts | 1940-04-06 |
Movie | Virginia City | Marshall | 1940-03-23 |
Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Charles Bryant | 1940-11-30 |
Movie | March On, Marines | Colonel Myers | 1940-12-14 |
Movie | The Man Who Talked Too Much | District Attorney Dickson | 1940-07-16 |
Movie | Father Is A Prince | Dr. Mark Stone | 1940-11-18 |
Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Martin | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | They Drive by Night | Harry McNamara | 1940-07-26 |
Movie | Money and the Woman | Jerremy Helm | 1940-08-17 |
Movie | Knute Rockne All American | Committee Chairman | 1940-10-05 |
Movie | On Trial | Robert Strickland | 1939-04-01 |
Movie | Dodge City | Matt Cole | 1939-04-08 |
Movie | You Can't Get Away with Murder | Attorney Carey | 1939-03-23 |
Movie | Wings of the Navy | Commander Clark | 1939-02-11 |
Movie | Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Carson Drew | 1939-06-17 |
Movie | Nancy Drew... Reporter | Carson Drew | 1939-02-18 |
Movie | Secret Service of the Air | Chief Agent Tom Saxby | 1939-03-04 |
Movie | Old Glory | Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited) | 1939-07-01 |
Movie | A Child Is Born | Dr. Brett | 1939-12-07 |
Movie | The Return of Doctor X | Dr. Flegg | 1939-11-23 |
Movie | Dust Be My Destiny | Prosecutor | 1939-09-16 |
Movie | On Dress Parade | Col. Michael Riker | 1939-11-18 |
Movie | Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Carson Drew | 1939-09-09 |
Movie | The Bill of Rights | Patrick Henry | 1939-08-19 |
Movie | Jezebel | Jean La Cour | 1938-03-26 |
Movie | Little Miss Thoroughbred | Nelson "Nails" Morgan | 1938-06-04 |
Movie | Over the Wall | Father Neil Connor | 1938-04-02 |
Movie | Gold Is Where You Find It | Ralph Ferris | 1938-02-12 |
Movie | My Bill | John C. Rudlin | 1938-07-08 |
Movie | A Slight Case of Murder | Mr. Post, banker | 1938-02-26 |
Movie | Love, Honor and Behave | Jim Blake | 1938-03-12 |
Movie | Nancy Drew… Detective | Carson Drew | 1938-11-19 |
Movie | The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney | 1938-07-20 |
Movie | Breakdowns of 1938 | Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938-12-31 |
Movie | The Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson | 1938-11-26 |
Movie | Comet Over Broadway | Bill Appleton | 1938-12-03 |
Movie | Broadway Musketeers | Stan Dowling | 1938-10-08 |
Movie | Valley of the Giants | Hendricks | 1938-09-17 |
Movie | Slim | Wyatt Ranstead | 1937-06-24 |
Movie | Marked Woman | Gordon | 1937-04-10 |
Movie | Black Legion | Tommy Smith | 1937-01-30 |
Movie | Midnight Court | Victor Shanley | 1937-03-06 |
Movie | Back in Circulation | Dr. Eugene Forde | 1937-08-27 |
Movie | The Life of Emile Zola | Charpentier | 1937-09-09 |
Movie | Missing Witnesses | Inspector Lane | 1937-12-11 |
Movie | The Man Without a Country | Lt. Philip Nolan | 1937-11-27 |
Movie | Alcatraz Island | 'Gat' Brady | 1937-10-13 |
Movie | Fugitive in the Sky | Mike Phelan | 1936-11-28 |
Movie | Give Me Liberty | Patrick Henry | 1936-12-19 |
Movie | Wayward | Robert 'Bob' Daniels | 1932-02-19 |
Movie | On the Border | Dave (as John B. Litel) | 1930-03-14 |
Movie | Finders Keepers | (as John B. Litel) | 1929-12-27 |
Movie | Always Faithful | Wayne | 1929-12-29 |