Victor Potel
Victor Potel ( born October 12, 1889 in Layafette, Indiana, USA, † March 8, 1947 in Hollywood, California ) was an American actor, known for comedies and westerns directed by and starring Gilbert M. Anderson.
Life
Potel worked for Mack Sennett and from 1910 exclusively for Essanay, usually under the direction of Gilbert M. Anderson in comedies and westerns. With Augustus Carney he joined from 1910 to 1911 as a comedian couple Hank and Lank in nine films. From 1911 to 1917, he stepped over 79mal in the Snake Ville- Western comedies as Slippery Slim on, until 1914 addition Carneys Alkali Ike until the comedians colleague Moving to Universal Studios.
From 1918 Potel worked for various film companies, mostly in supporting roles in films of all genres, but his roles over the years were always smaller (in most of his films after the 1920s Potel was not listed in the credits ). Among the many films in which he starred, among others, were Victor Fleming's The Virginian ( The Virginian, 1929), Cecil B. DeMille's The Squaw Man (1931 ) and Richard Boleslawskis hero from Hell (Three Godfathers, 1936). Twice Potel worked as a director: In 1924, he turned along with JA Howe comedy The Rubber - Neck, 1927 Western Action Craver, four times Potel wrote film scripts and screenplays -.
From 1940 until his death in 1947 belonged to Preston Sturges Potel ' solid actor tribe. In nine films, he played small, sometimes striking supporting roles, including the classic Sullivan's Travels ( Sullivan 's Travels, 1941), Out of Breath to Florida ( The Palm Beach Story, 1942), Sensation in Morgan 's Creek ( The Miracle of Morgan 's Creek, 1944) and Crazy Wednesday ( The Sin of Harold Diddlebock, 1947).