Birthday:
Dec 30, 1892
Place of Birth: Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Place of Birth: Albany, Wisconsin, USA
John Litel
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Pocketful of Miracles | Police Inspector McCrary | 1961 |
| Houseboat | Mr. William Farnsworth | 1958 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford | 1961 |
| Santa Fe Trail | Martin | 1940 |
| Jezebel | Jean La Cour | 1938 |
| The Return of Doctor X | Dr. Flegg | 1939 |
| Triple Threat | 1948 | |
| Finders Keepers | (as John B. Litel) | 1929 |
| Nevada Smith | Doctor | 1966 |
| Nancy Drew... Reporter | Carson Drew | 1939 |
| Pitfall | District Attorney | 1948 |
| Castle on the Hudson | Prison Chaplain | 1940 |
| Dust Be My Destiny | Prosecutor | 1939 |
| Sealed Lips | Mike Rofano / Fred Morton | 1942 |
| A Slight Case of Murder | Mr. Post, banker | 1938 |
| The Guilty | Alex Tremholt | 1947 |
| Invisible Agent | John Gardiner | 1942 |
| Double Jeopardy | Emmett Devery | 1955 |
| The Madonna's Secret | Lt. Roberts | 1946 |
| Black Legion | Tommy Smith | 1937 |
| Flight To Mars | Dr. Lane | 1951 |
| The Sundowners | John Gall | 1950 |
| Woman in Hiding | John Chandler | 1950 |
| Brewster's Millions | Swearengen Jones | 1945 |
| Knute Rockne All American | Committee Chairman | 1940 |
| The Sons of Katie Elder | Minister | 1965 |
| It All Came True | Mr. Roberts | 1940 |
| They Drive by Night | Harry McNamara | 1940 |
| They Died with Their Boots On | Gen. Phil Sheridan | 1941 |
| Decision at Sundown | Charles Summerton | 1957 |
| The Kentuckian | Pleasant Tuesday Babson | 1955 |
| I, Jane Doe | Horton | 1948 |
| San Antonio | Charlie Bell | 1945 |
| Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase | Carson Drew | 1939 |
| Nancy Drew… Detective | Carson Drew | 1938 |
| Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter | Carson Drew | 1939 |
| The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse | Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney | 1938 |
| Dodge City | Matt Cole | 1939 |
| Kid Glove Killer | Matty | 1942 |
| Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye | Police Chief Sam Tolgate | 1950 |
| The Boss of Big Town | Michael Lynn | 1942 |
| A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen | Norman Hadley | 1942 |
| Sister Kenny | Medical Director | 1946 |
| Two Dollar Bettor | John Hewitt | 1951 |
| Crime Doctor | Emilio Caspari, the mystery man | 1943 |
| The Crime Doctor's Warning | Inspector Dawes | 1945 |
| The Beginning or the End | K.T. Keller | 1947 |
| Rusty Leads the Way | Hugh Mitchell | 1948 |
| Rusty Saves a Life | Hugh Mitchell | 1949 |
| The Fuller Brush Girl | Mr. Watkins | 1950 |
| Christmas Eve | Joe Bland, FBI Agent | 1947 |
| Murder in the Air | Saxby | 1940 |
| Submarine Base | James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart | 1943 |
| You Can't Get Away with Murder | Attorney Carey | 1939 |
| My Dog Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1948 |
| Men of Texas | Colonel Colbert Scott | 1942 |
| Montana Belle | Matt Towner | 1952 |
| Heaven Only Knows | Reverend Wainwright | 1947 |
| Sitting Bull | Wilford Howell | 1954 |
| Old Glory | Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited) | 1939 |
| Lady with Red Hair | Charles Bryant | 1940 |
| Flight Angels | Dr. Barclay | 1940 |
| Lighthouse | Hank Armitage | 1947 |
| Mary Ryan, Detective | Capt. Billings | 1949 |
| Murder in Times Square | Dr. Blaine | 1943 |
| The Gun Hawk | Drunk - Madden's father | 1963 |
| Cass Timberlane | Webb Wargate | 1947 |
| The Crimson Canary | Roger Quinn | 1945 |
| So Proudly We Hail | Dr. Harrison | 1943 |
| The Man Who Talked Too Much | District Attorney Dickson | 1940 |
| Over the Wall | Father Neil Connor | 1938 |
| Smooth as Silk | Stephen Elliott | 1946 |
| The Big Boss | Bob Dugan | 1941 |
| Father Is A Prince | Dr. Mark Stone | 1940 |
| Murder in the Blue Room | Frank Baldrich | 1944 |
| The Hired Gun | Mace Beldon | 1957 |
| The Great Mr. Nobody | John Wade | 1941 |
| Men Without Souls | Reverend Thomas Storm | 1940 |
| Night in Paradise | Archon | 1946 |
| The Wild Dakotas | Morgan Wheeler | 1956 |
| Texas Lady | Meade Moore (wigwam owner) | 1955 |
| Father's Son | William Emory | 1941 |
| Secret Service of the Air | Chief Agent Tom Saxby | 1939 |
| Missing Witnesses | Inspector Lane | 1937 |
| Take Care of My Little Girl | John Erickson (uncredited) | 1951 |
| Outpost in Morocco | Colonel Pascal | 1949 |
| Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1983 |
| Gambling on the High Seas | U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears | 1940 |
| Valley of the Giants | Hendricks | 1938 |
| The Enchanted Forest | Ed Henderson | 1945 |
| Midnight Court | Victor Shanley | 1937 |
| On Dress Parade | Col. Michael Riker | 1939 |
| On Trial | Robert Strickland | 1939 |
| Gold Is Where You Find It | Ralph Ferris | 1938 |
| Where Are Your Children? | Judge Edmonds | 1943 |
| Jack Slade | Judge Davidson | 1953 |
| Fugitive in the Sky | Mike Phelan | 1936 |
| Rusty's Birthday | Hugh Mitchell | 1949 |
| Money and the Woman | Jerremy Helm | 1940 |
| Alcatraz Island | 'Gat' Brady | 1937 |
| Love, Honor and Behave | Jim Blake | 1938 |
| Easy Come, Easy Go | Tom Clancy | 1947 |
| The Mystery of Marie Roget | Henri Beauvais | 1942 |
| Comet Over Broadway | Bill Appleton | 1938 |
| Northwest Trail | Sergeant Means | 1945 |
| Lover Come Back | Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited) | 1961 |
| Oh Darling! | 1930 | |
| The Texas Rangers | John B. Jones | 1951 |
| Jet Job | Sam Bentley | 1952 |
| A Child Is Born | Dr. Brett | 1939 |
| Shamrock Hill | Ralph Judson | 1949 |
| Comanche | Gen. Nelson A. Miles | 1956 |
| Little Egypt | Shuster | 1951 |
| Back in Circulation | Dr. Eugene Forde | 1937 |
| Scaramouche | Dr. Dubuque | 1952 |
| The Fighting 69th | Captain Mangan | 1940 |
| My Bill | John C. Rudlin | 1938 |
| Little Miss Thoroughbred | Nelson "Nails" Morgan | 1938 |
| Virginia City | Marshall | 1940 |
| Henry Aldrich's Little Secret | Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich | 1944 |
| Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour | Sam Aldrich | 1943 |
| Henry Aldrich Swings It | Mr. Aldrich | 1943 |
| Henry Aldrich for President | Sam Aldrich | 1941 |
| Henry Aldrich Haunts a House | Sam Aldrich | 1943 |
| Henry and Dizzy | Sam Aldrich | 1942 |
| Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout | Sam Aldrich | 1944 |
| Wings of the Navy | Commander Clark | 1939 |
| Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid | Mr. Aldrich | 1944 |
| Runaway Daughters | George Barton | 1956 |
| March On, Marines | Colonel Myers | 1940 |
| Faces in the Fog | Dr. Mason | 1944 |
| Don't Believe It | Dick | 1930 |
| The Trial of Mary Dugan | Mr. West | 1941 |
| For the Common Defense! | Subprefect Santiago Castillo | 1942 |
| My Buddy | Father Jim Donnelly | 1944 |
| Don Winslow of the Navy | Spencer Merlin | 1942 |
| Key Largo | Dispatcher (uncredited) | 1948 |
| An Angel from Texas | Quigley | 1940 |
| Henry Aldrich, Editor | Sam Aldrich | 1942 |
| Cuban Fireball | Pomeroy Sr. | 1951 |
| Slim | Wyatt Ranstead | 1937 |
| Salome, Where She Danced | General Lee | 1945 |
| Wayward | Robert 'Bob' Daniels | 1932 |
| The Groom Wore Spurs | Uncle George | 1951 |
| Broadway Musketeers | Stan Dowling | 1938 |
| Madame Spy | Peter Rolf | 1942 |
| Give Me Liberty | Patrick Henry | 1936 |
| The Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson | 1938 |
| The Life of Emile Zola | Charpentier | 1937 |
| Swell Guy | Arthur Tyler | 1946 |
| On the Border | Dave (as John B. Litel) | 1930 |
| Thieves Fall Out | Tim Gordon | 1941 |
| The Gal Who Took the West | Colonel Logan | 1949 |
| The Daltons Ride Again | Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon | 1945 |
| Always Faithful | Wayne | 1929 |
| The Valiant Hombre | Lon Lansdell | 1948 |
| She Wrote the Book | Dean Fowler | 1946 |
| Breakdowns of 1938 | Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1938 |
| Soldiers in White | Charles Anthony | 1942 |
| The Man Without a Country | Lt. Philip Nolan | 1937 |
| Smart Woman | Clark | 1948 |
| Mississippi Gambler | Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel | 1942 |
| Marked Woman | Gordon | 1937 |
| The Bill of Rights | Patrick Henry | 1939 |
| March On, America! | Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1942 |
| The Return of Rusty | Hugh Mitchell | 1946 |
| The Sleeping Porch | 1929 | |
| Okay for Sound | 1946 | |
| One Hour To Live | Rudolph Spain | 1939 |
| Rendezvous in Space | Priest | 1964 | Series | Cast | Year |
| 77 Sunset Strip | 1958 | |
| Cheyenne | 1955 | |
| Maverick | Ellsworth Greeley | 1957 |
| Trackdown | 1957 | |
| Route 66 | 1960 | |
| I Love Lucy | Harvey Cromwell | 1951 |
| Perry Mason | Judge | 1957 |
| General Electric Theater | Phillip Saunders | 1953 |
| Hawaiian Eye | 1959 | |
| Zorro | 1957 | |
| Rawhide | Jim Rye | 1959 |
| Have Gun, Will Travel | 1957 | |
| The Virginian | Finley | 1962 |
| Lux Video Theatre | Dr. Robbins | 1950 |
| The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp | 1955 | |
| Climax! | Judge Sam Crowley | 1954 |
| Hazel | 1961 | |
| Bronco | 1958 | |
| Branded | 1965 | |
| Lock-Up | 1959 | |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Judge George Healy | 1958 |
| Sugarfoot | Hank Tatum | 1957 |
| My Hero | 1952 | |
| Cavalcade of America | Dr. Silkworth | 1952 |
| Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre | Sheriff Martin Calder | 1956 |
| Vacation Playhouse | Albert P. Leviathan | 1963 |
| City Detective | 1953 | |
| Zorro | The Governor | 1957 |
| Stagecoach West | Dan Murchison | 1960 |
| Maverick | Judge Somervell | 1957 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Colonel Richard Gaunt | 1958 |
| Rawhide | James Whitcomb | 1959 |
| Sugarfoot | Archie Crenshaw | 1957 |
| The Virginian | Wade Hammill | 1962 |
| General Electric Theater | Frank Hobbs | 1953 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Van Alten | 1952 |
| Four Star Playhouse | Mayor | 1952 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Asa Morgan | 1958 |
| Wanted: Dead or Alive | Clint Davis | 1958 |
| Branded | Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1965 |
| Bonanza | Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington | 1959 |
| Maverick | Judge Joshua Thayer | 1957 |
