John Litel

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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

Dispatcher (uncredited)

Bonanza

Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington

Bonanza

Mayor George Goshen

The Sons of Katie Elder

Minister

I Love Lucy

Harvey Cromwell

Jezebel

Jean La Cour

Houseboat

Mr. William Farnsworth

Zorro

The Governor

Full Filmography

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

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