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John Litel

 
Actor: John Litel
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  • Born: Dec 30, 1894 in Albany, Wisconsin
  • Died: Feb 03, 1972 in Woodland Hills, California
  • Occupation: Actor
  • Active: '30s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Drama, Crime
  • Career Highlights: Shamrock Hill, The Mystery of Marie Roget, Where Are Your Children?
  • First Major Screen Credit: Wayward (1932)

Biography

Wisconsinite John Litel was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. When World War I broke out in Europe, Litel didn't feel like waiting until America became officially involved and thus joined the French army, serving valiantly for three years. Returning to America, Litel studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and entered into the peripatetic world of touring stock companies. His first film was the 1929 talkie The Sleeping Porch, which starred top-hatted comedian Raymond Griffith. He settled in Hollywood for keeps in 1937, spending the next three decades portraying a vast array of lawyers, judges, corporate criminals, military officers, and even a lead or two. Litel was a regular in two separate "B"-picture series, playing the respective fathers of Bonita Granville and James Lydon in the Nancy Drew and Henry Aldrich series. On television, John Litel was appropriately ulcerated as the boss of Bob Cummings on the 1953 sitcom My Hero. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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John Litel
Born December 30, 1892(1892-12-30)
Albany, Wisconsin, United States
Died February 3, 1972 (aged 79)
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, United States

John Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was a film actor.

He was born John Beach Litel in Albany, Wisconsin, and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.

During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery. Back in the US after the war, Litel enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career. In 1929, he started appearing in films. Part of the "Warner Bros. Stock Company" beginning in the 1930s, he appeared in dozens of Warner Bros. films. He usually played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops, district attorneys and the like. He appeared in over 200 films, including Declaration of Independence (1938), They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), The Guilty (1947), Pitfall (1948), Two Dollar Bettor (1951), Scaramouche (1952), and his final film role in Nevada Smith (1966).

Partial filmography

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