John Litel
Acting
Born: December 30, 1892 · Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Died: February 3, 1972 (aged 79)
Highest Rated
Biography
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.
Known for
Key Largo
1948
Bonanza
1959
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
I Love Lucy
1951
Jezebel
1938
Zorro
1957
Houseboat
1958
Nevada Smith
1966
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Lover Come Back
1961
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
Photos (3)
Movies (164)
The Fighting 69th
Captain Mangan
The Sons of Katie Elder
Minister
Scaramouche
Dr. Dubuque
Key Largo
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Pocketful of Miracles
Police Inspector McCrary
Houseboat
Mr. William Farnsworth
Jezebel
Jean La Cour
Nevada Smith
Doctor
Lover Come Back
Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Gen. Phil Sheridan
Woman in Hiding
John Chandler
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
Virginia City
Marshall
The Texas Rangers
John B. Jones
Dodge City
Matt Cole
They Drive by Night
Harry McNamara
Comanche
Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Cass Timberlane
Webb Wargate
Slim
Wyatt Ranstead
Pitfall
District Attorney
Sister Kenny
Medical Director
Sitting Bull
Wilford Howell
Santa Fe Trail
Martin
So Proudly We Hail
Dr. Harrison
Decision at Sundown
Charles Summerton
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
Police Chief Sam Tolgate
Sealed Lips
Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
Black Legion
Tommy Smith
The Kentuckian
Pleasant Tuesday Babson
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
Double Jeopardy
Emmett Devery
Mary Ryan, Detective
Capt. Billings
Marked Woman
Gordon
Mississippi Gambler
Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
On Dress Parade
Col. Michael Riker
Knute Rockne All American
Committee Chairman
Invisible Agent
John Gardiner
The Life of Emile Zola
Charpentier
The Return of Doctor X
Dr. Flegg
The Fuller Brush Girl
Mr. Watkins
Valley of the Giants
Hendricks
Texas Lady
Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
Gold Is Where You Find It
Ralph Ferris
San Antonio
Charlie Bell
Flight to Mars
Dr. Lane
You Can't Get Away with Murder
Attorney Carey
Salome, Where She Danced
General Lee
Wayward
Robert 'Bob' Daniels
Men Without Souls
Reverend Thomas Storm
A Slight Case of Murder
Post
Dust Be My Destiny
Prosecutor
The Sundowners
John Gall
Comet Over Broadway
Bill Appleton
Thieves Fall Out
Tim Gordon
Money and the Woman
Jerremy Helm
Madame Spy
Peter Rolf
For the Common Defense!
Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Montana Belle
Matt Towner
Christmas Eve
Joe Bland, FBI Agent
Nancy Drew… Detective
Carson Drew
It All Came True
Mr. Roberts
Back in Circulation
Dr. Eugene Forde
The Crimson Canary
Roger Quinn
Rusty Leads the Way
Hugh Mitchell
Secret Service of the Air
Chief Agent Tom Saxby
Crime Doctor
Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
Broadway Musketeers
Stan Dowling
The Gal Who Took the West
Colonel Logan
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Carson Drew
The Beginning or the End
K.T. Keller
Kid Glove Killer
Matty
Father Is A Prince
Dr. Mark Stone
The Hired Gun
Mace Beldon
The Mystery of Marie Roget
Henri Beauvais
Gambling on the High Seas
U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
One Hour to Live
Rudolph Spain
The Great Mr. Nobody
John Wade
Over the Wall
Father Neil Connor
The Madonna's Secret
Lt. Roberts
Murder in the Air
Saxby
Wings of the Navy
Commander Clark
Submarine Base
James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
The Big Boss
Bob Dugan
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
Sam Aldrich
Rusty Saves a Life
Hugh Mitchell
Brewster's Millions
Swearengen Jones
The Gun Hawk
Drunk - Madden's father
Take Care of My Little Girl
John Erickson (uncredited)
A Child is Born
Dr. Brett
Lady with Red Hair
Charles Bryant
Breakdowns of 1938
Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Guilty
Alex Tremholt
March On, Marines
Colonel Myers
The Man Without a Country
Lt. Philip Nolan
Northwest Trail
Sergeant Means
Outpost in Morocco
Colonel Pascal
I, Jane Doe
Horton
An Angel from Texas
Quigley
Murder in Times Square
Dr. Blaine
Night in Paradise
Archon
Heaven Only Knows
Reverend Wainwright
Henry Aldrich, Editor
Sam Aldrich
Jack Slade
Judge Davidson
Give Me Liberty
Patrick Henry
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
Castle on the Hudson
Prison Chaplain
Henry Aldrich for President
Sam Aldrich
Alcatraz Island
'Gat' Brady
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
The Groom Wore Spurs
Chief of Police
The Man Who Talked Too Much
District Attorney Dickson
On Trial
Robert Strickland
My Bill
John C. Rudlin
Jet Job
Sam Bentley
The Valiant Hombre
Lon Lansdell
Little Egypt
Shuster
Swell Guy
Arthur Tyler
Rendezvous in Space
Priest
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Carson Drew
Murder in the Blue Room
Frank Baldrich
Okay for Sound
1946
My Dog Rusty
Hugh Mitchell
Runaway Daughters
George Barton
Henry and Dizzy
Sam Aldrich
The Crime Doctor's Warning
Inspector Dawes
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
Mr. Aldrich
Lighthouse
Hank Armitage
Father's Son
William Emory
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Nelson "Nails" Morgan
Soldiers in White
Charles Anthony
Midnight Court
Victor Shanley
March On, America!
Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
She Wrote the Book
Dean Fowler
Flight Angels
Dr. Barclay
The Daltons Ride Again
Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
Smart Woman
Clark
Faces in the Fog
Dr. Mason
Henry Aldrich Swings It
Mr. Aldrich
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
Carson Drew
The Boss of Big Town
Michael Lynn
Easy Come, Easy Go
Tom Clancy
The Bill of Rights
Patrick Henry
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
Sam Aldrich
Love, Honor and Behave
Jim Blake
My Buddy
Jim Donnelly
Always Faithful
Wayne
Old Glory
Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
Fugitive in the Sky
Mike Phelan
Finders Keepers
(as John B. Litel)
Shamrock Hill
Ralph Judson
Where Are Your Children?
Judge Edmonds
Missing Witnesses
Inspector Lane
Men of Texas
Colonel Colbert Scott
The Wild Dakotas
Morgan Wheeler
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Norman Hadley
Two Dollar Bettor
John Hewitt
Don Winslow of the Navy
Spencer Merlin
On the Border
Dave (as John B. Litel)
Smooth as Silk
Stephen Elliott
The Trial of Mary Dugan
Mr. West
The Enchanted Forest
Ed Henderson
The Return of Rusty
Hugh Mitchell
Triple Threat
1948
TV Shows (41)
Perry Mason
Judge · 1 eps
Bonanza
Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington · 1 eps
Bonanza
Mayor George Goshen · 1 eps
The Virginian
Finley · 1 eps
The Virginian
Wade Hammill · 1 eps
Have Gun, Will Travel
1 eps
Maverick
Ellsworth Greeley · 1 eps
Maverick
Judge Somervell · 1 eps
Maverick
Judge Joshua Thayer · 1 eps
I Love Lucy
Harvey Cromwell · 1 eps
Climax!
Judge Sam Crowley · 1 eps
Cheyenne
1 eps
Rawhide
Jim Rye · 1 eps
Rawhide
James Whitcomb · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Van Alten · 1 eps
Four Star Playhouse
Mayor · 1 eps
Route 66
1 eps
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1 eps
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Sheriff Martin Calder · 1 eps
Zorro
The Governor · 7 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Judge George Healy · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Asa Morgan · 1 eps
Wanted: Dead or Alive
Clint Davis · 1 eps
Hawaiian Eye
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Colonel Richard Gaunt · 1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
Distinguished Visitor · 1 eps
Hazel
1 eps
Branded
1 eps
Branded
Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Hank Tatum · 1 eps
Sugarfoot
Archie Crenshaw · 1 eps
City Detective
1 eps
Bronco
1 eps
Trackdown
Judge Henry · 2 eps
Cavalcade of America
Dr. Silkworth · 1 eps
Lock-Up
1 eps
Stagecoach West
Dan Murchison · 7 eps
My Hero
Willis Thackery · 33 eps
General Electric Theater
Phillip Saunders · 1 eps
General Electric Theater
Frank Hobbs · 1 eps
