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