John Litel

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.

Cast

Pocketful of Miracles

Police Inspector McCrary

Mr. William Farnsworth

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford

The Return of Doctor X

Finders Keepers

(as John B. Litel)

Nancy Drew... Reporter

District Attorney

Castle on the Hudson

Prison Chaplain

Dust Be My Destiny

Mike Rofano / Fred Morton

A Slight Case of Murder

Invisible Agent

Double Jeopardy

The Madonna's Secret

Woman in Hiding

Brewster's Millions

Swearengen Jones

Knute Rockne All American

Committee Chairman

The Sons of Katie Elder

It All Came True

They Drive by Night

They Died with Their Boots On

Gen. Phil Sheridan

Decision at Sundown

Charles Summerton

Pleasant Tuesday Babson

Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase

Nancy Drew… Detective

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse

Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney

Kid Glove Killer

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Police Chief Sam Tolgate

The Boss of Big Town

A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen

Medical Director

Two Dollar Bettor

Emilio Caspari, the mystery man

The Crime Doctor's Warning

Inspector Dawes

The Beginning or the End

Rusty Saves a Life

Rusty Leads the Way

The Fuller Brush Girl

Joe Bland, FBI Agent

Murder in the Air

James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart

You Can't Get Away with Murder

Colonel Colbert Scott

Heaven Only Knows

Reverend Wainwright

Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

Murder in Times Square

Mary Ryan, Detective

Drunk - Madden's father

Cass Timberlane

The Crimson Canary

So Proudly We Hail

The Man Who Talked Too Much

District Attorney Dickson

Father Neil Connor

Stephen Elliott

Father Is A Prince

Murder in the Blue Room

The Great Mr. Nobody

Men Without Souls

Reverend Thomas Storm

Night in Paradise

The Wild Dakotas

Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

Secret Service of the Air

Chief Agent Tom Saxby

Missing Witnesses

Take Care of My Little Girl

John Erickson (uncredited)

Outpost in Morocco

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Gambling on the High Seas

U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears

Valley of the Giants

The Enchanted Forest

On Dress Parade

Col. Michael Riker

Robert Strickland

Gold Is Where You Find It

Where Are Your Children?

Fugitive in the Sky

Rusty's Birthday

Money and the Woman

Love, Honor and Behave

Alcatraz Island

Easy Come, Easy Go

The Mystery of Marie Roget

Comet Over Broadway

Northwest Trail

Lover Come Back

Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)

The Texas Rangers

A Child Is Born

Gen. Nelson A. Miles

Back in Circulation

Dr. Eugene Forde

The Fighting 69th

Little Miss Thoroughbred

Nelson "Nails" Morgan

Henry Aldrich's Little Secret

Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich

Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour

Henry Aldrich for President

Henry Aldrich Swings It

Henry Aldrich Haunts a House

Henry and Dizzy

Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout

Wings of the Navy

Commander Clark

Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid

Runaway Daughters

March On, Marines

Faces in the Fog

Don't Believe It

The Trial of Mary Dugan

For the Common Defense!

Subprefect Santiago Castillo

Don Winslow of the Navy

Dispatcher (uncredited)

An Angel from Texas

Henry Aldrich, Editor

Salome, Where She Danced

Robert 'Bob' Daniels

The Groom Wore Spurs

Chief of Police

Broadway Musketeers

The Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Give Me Liberty

The Life of Emile Zola

Dave (as John B. Litel)

Thieves Fall Out

The Gal Who Took the West

The Daltons Ride Again

Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon

The Valiant Hombre

Always Faithful

She Wrote the Book

Breakdowns of 1938

Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)

Soldiers in White

Charles Anthony

The Man Without a Country

Lt. Philip Nolan

Mississippi Gambler

Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel

The Bill of Rights

March On, America!

Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Return of Rusty

The Sleeping Porch

One Hour To Live

Rendezvous in Space