Victor Potel Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Victor Potel Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 â€" March 8, 1947) was an American film

character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in more than

430 films in his 38-year career.Victor Potel was born in Lafayette,

Indiana in 1889, and his acting career goes back almost to the

beginning of the commercial film industry in the United States. He

made his first silent film in 1910, a comedy short filmed in Chicago

by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company called A Dog on Business. Potel

continued to make films for Essanay, appearing in dozens of films

every year, including most of the Broncho Billy series, and played a

character called "Slippery Slim" in 80 movies. He also appeared in

Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series.Potel's first talking picture

was Melody of Love, starring Walter Pidgeon, made for Universal in

1928, and in the sound era he continued to work continuously and

constantly, playing small parts and sometimes uncredited bit parts,

all primarily comic roles due to his height (6 ft 1 in or 1.85 m) and

gawkiness.
Victor Potel Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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