John Litel
Department: Acting
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
Pocketful of Miracles
1961
Houseboat
1958
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
Santa Fe Trail
1940
Jezebel
1938
The Return of Doctor X
1939
Triple Threat
1948
Finders Keepers
1929
Nevada Smith
1966
Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
Pitfall
1948
Castle on the Hudson
1940
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
Sealed Lips
1942
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
The Guilty
1947
Invisible Agent
1942
Double Jeopardy
1955
The Madonna's Secret
1946
Black Legion
1937
Flight to Mars
1951
The Sundowners
1950
Woman in Hiding
1950
Brewster's Millions
1945
Knute Rockne All American
1940
The Sons of Katie Elder
1965
It All Came True
1940
They Drive by Night
1940
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Decision at Sundown
1957
The Kentuckian
1955
I, Jane Doe
1948
San Antonio
1945
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
1939
Nancy Drew… Detective
1938
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
1939
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
Dodge City
1939
Kid Glove Killer
1942
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
1950
The Boss of Big Town
1942
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942
Sister Kenny
1946
Two Dollar Bettor
1951
Crime Doctor
1943
The Crime Doctor's Warning
1945
The Beginning or the End
1947
Rusty Leads the Way
1948
Rusty Saves a Life
1949
The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
Christmas Eve
1947
Murder in the Air
1940
Submarine Base
1943
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
My Dog Rusty
1948
Men of Texas
1942
Montana Belle
1952
Heaven Only Knows
1947
Sitting Bull
1954
Old Glory
1939
Lady with Red Hair
1940
Flight Angels
1940
Lighthouse
1947
Mary Ryan, Detective
1949
Murder in Times Square
1943
The Gun Hawk
1963
Cass Timberlane
1947
The Crimson Canary
1945
So Proudly We Hail
1943
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Over the Wall
1938
Smooth as Silk
1946
The Big Boss
1941
Father Is A Prince
1940
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
The Hired Gun
1957
The Great Mr. Nobody
1941
Men Without Souls
1940
Night in Paradise
1946
The Wild Dakotas
1956
Texas Lady
1955
Father's Son
1941
Secret Service of the Air
1939
Missing Witnesses
1937
Take Care of My Little Girl
1951
Outpost in Morocco
1949
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
Valley of the Giants
1938
The Enchanted Forest
1945
Midnight Court
1937
On Dress Parade
1939
On Trial
1939
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
Where Are Your Children?
1943
Jack Slade
1953
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
Rusty's Birthday
1949
Money and the Woman
1940
Alcatraz Island
1937
Love, Honor and Behave
1938
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
The Mystery of Marie Roget
1942
Comet Over Broadway
1938
Northwest Trail
1945
Lover Come Back
1961
Oh Darling!
1930
The Texas Rangers
1951
Jet Job
1952
A Child is Born
1939
Shamrock Hill
1949
Comanche
1956
Little Egypt
1951
Back in Circulation
1937
Scaramouche
1952
The Fighting 69th
1940
My Bill
1938
Little Miss Thoroughbred
1938
Virginia City
1940
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
1944
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
1943
Henry Aldrich Swings It
1943
Henry Aldrich for President
1941
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
1943
Henry and Dizzy
1942
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
1944
Wings of the Navy
1939
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
Runaway Daughters
1956
March On, Marines
1940
Faces in the Fog
1944
Don't Believe It
1930
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
For the Common Defense!
1942
My Buddy
1944
Don Winslow of the Navy
1942
Key Largo
1948
An Angel from Texas
1940
Henry Aldrich, Editor
1942
Cuban Fireball
1951
Slim
1937
Salome, Where She Danced
1945
Wayward
1932
The Groom Wore Spurs
1951
Broadway Musketeers
1938
Madame Spy
1942
Give Me Liberty
1936
The Declaration of Independence
1938
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
Swell Guy
1946
On the Border
1930
Thieves Fall Out
1941
The Gal Who Took the West
1949
The Daltons Ride Again
1945
Always Faithful
1929
The Valiant Hombre
1948
She Wrote the Book
1946
Breakdowns of 1938
1938
Soldiers in White
1942
The Man Without a Country
1937
Smart Woman
1948
Mississippi Gambler
1942
Marked Woman
1937
The Bill of Rights
1939
March On, America!
1942
The Return of Rusty
1946
The Sleeping Porch
1929
Okay for Sound
1946
One Hour To Live
1939
Rendezvous in Space
1964
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Cheyenne
1955
Maverick
1957
Route 66
1960
I Love Lucy
1951
Perry Mason
1957
General Electric Theater
1953
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Rawhide
1959
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
The Virginian
1962
Lux Video Theatre
1950
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
Climax!
1954
Hazel
1961
Bronco
1958
Branded
1965
Lock-Up
1959
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Sugarfoot
1957
My Hero
1952
Cavalcade of America
1952
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
1956
Vacation Playhouse
1963
City Detective
1953
Zorro
1957
Stagecoach West
1960
Maverick
1957
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Rawhide
1959
Sugarfoot
1957
The Virginian
1962
General Electric Theater
1953
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Four Star Playhouse
1952
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Wanted: Dead or Alive
1958
Branded
1965
Bonanza
1959
Maverick
1957
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bonanza
1959
Trackdown
1957