
John Litel
Born December 30, 1892 · Albany, Wisconsin, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Invisible Agent
★ 5.81942

The Sons of Katie Elder
★ 7.11965

Houseboat
★ 6.41958

Scaramouche
★ 7.01952

Slim
★ 6.51937

Key Largo
★ 7.51948

Broadway Musketeers
★ 4.41938

Nevada Smith
★ 6.71966

Marked Woman
★ 6.61937

Sister Kenny
★ 6.91946

Jezebel
★ 7.01938

Sitting Bull
★ 5.31954

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
★ 6.91950

Pocketful of Miracles
★ 7.31961

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
★ 5.61961

Runaway Daughters
★ 4.31956

The Kentuckian
★ 5.81955

They Died with Their Boots On
★ 6.71941

Dodge City
★ 6.91939

Santa Fe Trail
★ 5.81940

The Life of Emile Zola
★ 6.71937

The Return of Doctor X
★ 6.01939
TV Shows

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
★ 6.21956

Have Gun, Will Travel
★ 7.31957

Climax!
★ 3.81954

Cheyenne
★ 6.11955

I Love Lucy
★ 7.91951

Rawhide
★ 7.21959

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
★ 6.81955

Zorro
★ 7.51957

Wanted: Dead or Alive
★ 7.01958

Route 66
★ 6.71960

77 Sunset Strip
★ 7.11958

Hawaiian Eye
★ 5.61959

Hazel
★ 6.81961

Sugarfoot
★ 5.21957

Trackdown
★ 6.91957

Bronco
★ 6.01958

Branded
★ 6.81965

Lock-Up
★ 6.41959

Cavalcade of America
★ 4.61952

Stagecoach West
★ 6.71960

City Detective
★ 7.51953

General Electric Theater
★ 6.81953
More Movies

Nancy Drew... Reporter
★ 6.01939

The Sundowners
★ 5.21950

My Bill
★ 6.61938

The Mystery of Marie Roget
★ 5.71942

Decision at Sundown
★ 6.31957

The Fuller Brush Girl
★ 6.11950

Sealed Lips
★ 6.01942

Christmas Eve
★ 5.41947

My Buddy
★ 9.01944

On Dress Parade
★ 6.61939

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
★ 7.01983

Lover Come Back
★ 7.01961

Midnight Court
★ 5.11937

Pitfall
★ 6.91948

Flight to Mars
★ 5.21951

Wings of the Navy
★ 6.21939

Night in Paradise
★ 6.51946

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
★ 7.21938

Virginia City
★ 6.21940

Little Egypt
★ 8.01951

So Proudly We Hail
★ 5.91943

Crime Doctor
★ 6.41943

Dust Be My Destiny
★ 6.51939

San Antonio
★ 6.11945

They Drive by Night
★ 6.91940

It All Came True
★ 6.01940

March On, Marines
★ 3.51940

Nancy Drew… Detective
★ 6.51938

Double Jeopardy
★ 5.21955

Salome, Where She Danced
★ 4.11945

Comet Over Broadway
★ 5.71938

Black Legion
★ 6.61937

Murder in the Air
★ 5.21940

You Can't Get Away with Murder
★ 5.81939

A Slight Case of Murder
★ 6.41938

Comanche
★ 5.21956

Cass Timberlane
★ 6.01947

Breakdowns of 1938
★ 5.81938

Swell Guy
★ 8.01946

The Fighting 69th
★ 5.81940

Brewster's Millions
★ 6.81945

Smart Woman
★ 5.51948

Missing Witnesses
★ 7.01937

Montana Belle
★ 6.31952

Father Is A Prince
★ 6.51940

The Texas Rangers
★ 6.11951

The Declaration of Independence
★ 6.71938

Men of Texas
★ 9.01942

A Child is Born
★ 7.11939

Gold Is Where You Find It
★ 7.01938

The Hired Gun
★ 5.91957

Lady with Red Hair
★ 6.91940

The Crimson Canary
★ 7.51945

Old Glory
★ 5.21939

Woman in Hiding
★ 6.31950

The Crime Doctor's Warning
★ 6.51945

Submarine Base
★ 5.11943

Northwest Trail
★ 5.81945

The Beginning or the End
★ 6.41947

On Trial
★ 6.11939

The Gal Who Took the West
★ 6.01949

Alcatraz Island
★ 5.11937

Kid Glove Killer
★ 6.41942

Lighthouse
★ 4.61947

Murder in the Blue Room
★ 5.71944

Madame Spy
★ 6.51942

Outpost in Morocco
★ 5.31949

Okay for Sound
★ 7.01946

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
★ 6.81939

Rendezvous in Space
★ 0.01964

Knute Rockne All American
★ 6.21940

Rusty Leads the Way
★ 8.01948

Easy Come, Easy Go
★ 7.01947

Give Me Liberty
★ 6.41936

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
★ 7.01944

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
★ 6.21939

Two Dollar Bettor
★ 5.41951

Texas Lady
★ 5.71955

Mary Ryan, Detective
★ 5.31949

I, Jane Doe
★ 6.41948

Secret Service of the Air
★ 6.31939

The Bill of Rights
★ 6.31939

The Boss of Big Town
★ 6.21942

The Trial of Mary Dugan
★ 6.51941

The Guilty
★ 5.51947

Henry and Dizzy
★ 9.01942

Men Without Souls
★ 6.71940

Fugitive in the Sky
★ 6.31936

Triple Threat
★ 8.01948

Rusty Saves a Life
★ 7.01949

Don Winslow of the Navy
★ 10.01942

Jack Slade
★ 7.01953

She Wrote the Book
★ 6.51946

For the Common Defense!
★ 5.01942

The Man Without a Country
★ 6.11937

The Man Who Talked Too Much
★ 6.41940

The Gun Hawk
★ 5.11963

Smooth as Silk
★ 5.01946

Heaven Only Knows
★ 6.51947

Flight Angels
★ 4.81940

Over the Wall
★ 5.71938

The Great Mr. Nobody
★ 6.01941

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
★ 7.01943

Valley of the Giants
★ 6.71938

Mississippi Gambler
★ 6.51942

The Valiant Hombre
★ 8.01948

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
★ 6.31942

Castle on the Hudson
★ 7.01940

Thieves Fall Out
★ 6.01941

The Wild Dakotas
★ 9.01956

The Madonna's Secret
★ 6.41946

Murder in Times Square
★ 4.71943

The Daltons Ride Again
★ 5.01945

Love, Honor and Behave
★ 3.81938

Father's Son
★ 6.01941

Henry Aldrich, Editor
★ 6.51942

Where Are Your Children?
★ 7.01943

Faces in the Fog
★ 4.31944

Jet Job
★ 6.51952

The Groom Wore Spurs
★ 5.01951

Wayward
★ 6.31932

Gambling on the High Seas
★ 5.61940

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
★ 7.01944

An Angel from Texas
★ 5.21940

Henry Aldrich for President
★ 6.51941

The Return of Rusty
★ 8.01946

The Big Boss
★ 6.11941

The Enchanted Forest
★ 6.51945

Back in Circulation
★ 6.51937

Take Care of My Little Girl
★ 5.31951

March On, America!
★ 5.41942

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
★ 10.01944

Little Miss Thoroughbred
★ 4.81938

My Dog Rusty
★ 8.51948

Money and the Woman
★ 4.41940

Finders Keepers
★ 7.01929

Soldiers in White
★ 6.51942

One Hour to Live
★ 6.51939

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
★ 7.01943

On the Border
★ 9.01930

Shamrock Hill
★ 4.51949

Always Faithful
★ 9.01929

Henry Aldrich Swings It
★ 8.01943



