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 Litels acting career concluded in 1967.
Mr. William Farnsworth
Film 1958
Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
Film 1961
Jean La Cour
Film 1938
Dr. Flegg
Film 1939
Film 1948
(as John B. Litel)
Film 1929
Carson Drew
Film 1939
Prosecutor
Film 1939
Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
Film 1942
Mr. Post, banker
Film 1938
Alex Tremholt
Film 1947
Emmett Devery
Film 1955
Lt. Roberts
Film 1946
Dr. Lane
Film 1951
John Gall
Film 1950
John Chandler
Film 1950
Swearengen Jones
Film 1945
Committee Chairman
Film 1940
Mr. Roberts
Film 1940
Gen. Phil Sheridan
Film 1941
Charles Summerton
Film 1957
Horton
Film 1948
Charlie Bell
Film 1945
Carson Drew
Film 1939
Matty
Film 1942
Michael Lynn
Film 1942
Norman Hadley
Film 1942
Medical Director
Film 1946
John Hewitt
Film 1951
Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
Film 1943
Inspector Dawes
Film 1945
K.T. Keller
Film 1947
Hugh Mitchell
Film 1948
Hugh Mitchell
Film 1949
Mr. Watkins
Film 1950
Joe Bland, FBI Agent
Film 1947
Saxby
Film 1940
James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
Film 1943
Attorney Carey
Film 1939
Hugh Mitchell
Film 1948
Colonel Colbert Scott
Film 1942
Matt Towner
Film 1952
Reverend Wainwright
Film 1947
Wilford Howell
Film 1954
Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
Film 1939
Dr. Barclay
Film 1940
Hank Armitage
Film 1947
Dr. Blaine
Film 1943
Drunk - Madden's father
Film 1963
Roger Quinn
Film 1945
District Attorney Dickson
Film 1940
Father Neil Connor
Film 1938
Stephen Elliott
Film 1946
Bob Dugan
Film 1941
Dr. Mark Stone
Film 1940
Frank Baldrich
Film 1944
Mace Beldon
Film 1957
Archon
Film 1946
Morgan Wheeler
Film 1956
William Emory
Film 1941
Chief Agent Tom Saxby
Film 1939
Inspector Lane
Film 1937
John Erickson (uncredited)
Film 1951
Colonel Pascal
Film 1949
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1983
U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
Film 1940
Ed Henderson
Film 1945
Victor Shanley
Film 1937
Col. Michael Riker
Film 1939
Robert Strickland
Film 1939
Judge Edmonds
Film 1943
Judge Davidson
Film 1953
Mike Phelan
Film 1936
Hugh Mitchell
Film 1949
Jerremy Helm
Film 1940
Jim Blake
Film 1938
Tom Clancy
Film 1947
Henri Beauvais
Film 1942
Bill Appleton
Film 1938
Sergeant Means
Film 1945
Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
Film 1961
Film 1930
Sam Bentley
Film 1952
Dr. Brett
Film 1939
Ralph Judson
Film 1949
Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Film 1956
Shuster
Film 1951
Dr. Eugene Forde
Film 1937
John C. Rudlin
Film 1938
Nelson "Nails" Morgan
Film 1938
Marshall
Film 1940
Sam Aldrich
Film 1943
Sam Aldrich
Film 1941
Mr. Aldrich
Film 1943
Sam Aldrich
Film 1943
Sam Aldrich
Film 1944
Commander Clark
Film 1939
Mr. Aldrich
Film 1944
George Barton
Film 1956
Colonel Myers
Film 1940
Dr. Mason
Film 1944
Dick
Film 1930
Mr. West
Film 1941
Subprefect Santiago Castillo
Film 1942
Father Jim Donnelly
Film 1944
Spencer Merlin
Film 1942
Dispatcher (uncredited)
Film 1948
Quigley
Film 1940
Sam Aldrich
Film 1942
Pomeroy Sr.
Film 1951
Wyatt Ranstead
Film 1937
General Lee
Film 1945
Robert 'Bob' Daniels
Film 1932
Uncle George
Film 1951
Stan Dowling
Film 1938
Peter Rolf
Film 1942
Patrick Henry
Film 1936
Thomas Jefferson
Film 1938
Charpentier
Film 1937
Arthur Tyler
Film 1946
Dave (as John B. Litel)
Film 1930
Tim Gordon
Film 1941
Colonel Logan
Film 1949
Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
Film 1945
Lon Lansdell
Film 1948
Wayne
Film 1929
Dean Fowler
Film 1946
Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1938
Charles Anthony
Film 1942
Lt. Philip Nolan
Film 1937
Gordon
Film 1937
Patrick Henry
Film 1939
Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
Film 1942
Hugh Mitchell
Film 1946
Film 1929
Film 1946
Rudolph Spain
Film 1939
Priest
Film 1964
Tv 1958
Tv 1955
Ellsworth Greeley
Tv 1957
Tv 1957
Tv 1960
Harvey Cromwell
Tv 1951
Phillip Saunders
Tv 1953
Tv 1959
Tv 1957
Jim Rye
Tv 1959
Tv 1957
Dr. Robbins
Tv 1950
Tv 1955
Judge Sam Crowley
Tv 1954
Tv 1961
Tv 1958
Tv 1965
Tv 1959
Judge George Healy
Tv 1958
Hank Tatum
Tv 1957
Tv 1952
Dr. Silkworth
Tv 1952
Sheriff Martin Calder
Tv 1956
Albert P. Leviathan
Tv 1963
Tv 1953
The Governor
Tv 1957
Dan Murchison
Tv 1960
Judge Somervell
Tv 1957
Colonel Richard Gaunt
Tv 1958
James Whitcomb
Tv 1959
Archie Crenshaw
Tv 1957
Frank Hobbs
Tv 1953
Van Alten
Tv 1952
Mayor
Tv 1952
Asa Morgan
Tv 1958
Clint Davis
Tv 1958
Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tv 1965
Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington
Tv 1959
Judge Joshua Thayer
Tv 1957