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John Litel's tough, no-nonsense demeanor on screen was not entirely due... moreTrivia:
Retired in 1967 due to ill health. moreAlternate Names:
John B. LitelUS TV Schedule:
| Sat. July 18 | 6:00 AM | TCM | My Dog Rusty | more |
Filmography
Actor:
- "The Road West" .... Judge (1 episode, 1967)
- No Sanctuary (1967) TV episode .... Judge - Nevada Smith (1966) .... Doctor
- The Sons of Katie Elder (1965) .... Minister
- "The Virginian" .... Finley / ... (3 episodes, 1963-1965)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- Legend for a Lawman (1965) TV episode .... Wade Hammill
- No Tears for Savannah (1963) TV episode (uncredited) .... Lawyer
- The Judgment (1963) TV episode .... Finley - "Branded" .... General James Reed (1 episode, 1965)
- The Vindicators (1965) TV episode .... General James Reed - "Vacation Playhouse" .... Albert P. Leviathan (1 episode, 1964)
- Hooray for Hollywood (1964) TV episode .... Albert P. Leviathan - "Wagon Train" .... Dr. Phineas Burke (1 episode, 1964)
... aka "Major Adams, Trail Master"
- The Whipping (1964) TV episode .... Dr. Phineas Burke - The Gun Hawk (1963) .... Drunk (Madden's father)
- "Route 66" .... Mr. School (1 episode, 1963)
- What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant (1963) TV episode .... Mr. School - "The Dick Powell Show" .... Floyd Maxwell (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
... aka "The Dick Powell Theatre" (USA: new title)
- The Honorable Albert Higgins (1963) TV episode
- No Strings Attached (1962) TV episode .... Floyd Maxwell - "Rawhide" .... James Whitcomb / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
- Incident at Sugar Creek (1962) TV episode .... James Whitcomb
- Incident of the Running Iron (1961) TV episode .... Jim Rye - "Cheyenne" .... Ainley / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1962)
- The Quick and the Deadly (1962) TV episode .... Ainley
- Blind Spot (1959) TV episode .... Vincent Claiborne - "The Wide Country" .... Fred Winkler (1 episode, 1962)
- Our Ernie Kills People (1962) TV episode .... Fred Winkler - "77 Sunset Strip" .... Colonel Richard Gaunt / ... (3 episodes, 1958-1962)
- The Disappearance (1962) TV episode .... Distinguished Client
- Mr. Paradise (1959) TV episode .... Cyrus Blanton
- The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo (1958) TV episode .... Colonel Richard Gaunt - "Hazel" .... Mr. Wheeler (1 episode, 1962)
- Hazel Quits (1962) TV episode .... Mr. Wheeler - "Perry Mason" .... Judge (1 episode, 1962)
- The Case of the Poison Pen Pal (1962) TV episode .... Judge - Lover Come Back (1961) (uncredited) .... Williams, Ad Council Board Member
- Pocketful of Miracles (1961) .... Police Inspector McCrary
- "Bonanza" .... Judge Jeremy C. Billington / ... (2 episodes, 1959-1961)
... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
- The Tin Badge (1961) TV episode .... Mayor George Goshen
- Enter Mark Twain (1959) TV episode .... Judge Jeremy C. Billington - "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Sheriff John Armsteader (1 episode, 1961)
- Ben Jalisco (1961) TV episode .... Sheriff John Armsteader - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961) .... Vice-Adm. B.J. Crawford
- "Stagecoach West" .... Dan Murchison (6 episodes, 1960-1961)
- The Swindler (1961) TV episode .... Dan Murchison
- The Brass Lily (1961) TV episode .... Dan Murchison
- Come Home Again (1961) TV episode .... Dan Murchison
- The Saga of Jeremy Boone (1960) TV episode .... Dan Murchison
- The Unwanted (1960) TV episode .... Dan Murchison
(1 more) - "General Electric Theater" .... Frank Hobbs / ... (2 episodes, 1954-1960)
... aka "G.E. Theater" (USA: informal short title)
... aka "G.E. True Theater" (USA: new title)
- The Money Driver (1960) TV episode .... Frank Hobbs
- The Crime of Daphne Rutledge (1954) TV episode .... Phillip Saunders - "Lock Up" .... Harvey Calder (1 episode, 1960)
- Number Please (1960) TV episode .... Harvey Calder - "Bronco" .... Marshal Matt Sample (1 episode, 1960)
- Winter Kill (1960) TV episode .... Marshal Matt Sample - "Wanted: Dead or Alive" .... Asa Morgan / ... (3 episodes, 1958-1960)
- The Inheritance (1960) TV episode .... Clint Davis
- The Corner (1959) TV episode .... Asa Morgan
- Sheriff of Red Rock (1958) TV episode .... Judge George Healy - "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp" .... Captain David Rowland (1 episode, 1960)
... aka "Wyatt Earp"
- Don't Get Tough with a Sailor (1960) TV episode .... Captain David Rowland - "Maverick" .... Ellsworth Greeley / ... (3 episodes, 1957-1960)
- The People's Friend (1960) TV episode .... Ellsworth Greeley
- The Thirty-Ninth Star (1958) TV episode .... Judge Somervell
- War of the Silver Kings (1957) TV episode .... Judge Joshua Thayer - "Hawaiian Eye" .... Edward DeLong (1 episode, 1960)
- Stamped for Danger (1960) TV episode .... Edward DeLong - "Zorro" .... The Governor / ... (7 episodes, 1958-1959)
- Long Live the Governor (1959) TV episode .... Governor
- Masquerade for Murder (1959) TV episode .... The Governor
- The Captain Regrets (1959) TV episode .... Governor
- Invitation to Death (1959) TV episode .... The Governor
- Amnesty for Zorro (1959) TV episode .... The Governor
(2 more) - "The Restless Gun" .... Father Luke / ... (3 episodes, 1958-1959)
- Incident at Bluefield (1959) TV episode .... Tom Cauter
- A Bell for Santo Domingo (1958) TV episode .... Father Luke
- Gratitude (1958) TV episode .... McClelland Burke - "Sugarfoot" .... Hank Tatum / ... (2 episodes, 1957-1959)
... aka "Tenderfoot" (UK)
- The Giant Killer (1959) TV episode .... Mr. Crenshaw
- Quicksilver (1957) TV episode .... Hank Tatum - "Zane Grey Theater" .... Sheriff Martin Calder (1 episode, 1959)
... aka "Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theater" (USA: complete title)
... aka "The Westerners" (USA: rerun title)
- Day of the Killing (1959) TV episode .... Sheriff Martin Calder - "Cimarron City" .... Judge Platt (1 episode, 1958)
- Kid on a Calico Horse (1958) TV episode .... Judge Platt - Houseboat (1958) .... Mr. William Farnsworth
- "Climax!" .... Judge (1 episode, 1958)
... aka "Climax Mystery Theater" (USA)
- Time of the Hanging (1958) TV episode .... Judge - "Trackdown" .... Judge (2 episodes, 1958)
- The Jailbreak (1958) TV episode .... Judge
- The Judge (1958) TV episode - "Colt .45" .... Hosea Tillery (1 episode, 1958)
- Ghost Town (1958) TV episode .... Hosea Tillery - Decision at Sundown (1957) .... Charles Summerton
- The Hired Gun (1957) .... Mace Beldon
- "The Kaiser Aluminum Hour" .... Sheriff (1 episode, 1957)
- So Short a Season (1957) TV episode .... Sheriff - Runaway Daughters (1956) .... George Barton
- Comanche (1956) .... Gen. Nelson A. Miles
- The Wild Dakotas (1956) .... Morgan Wheeler
- "Chevron Hall of Stars" .... Dunthorpe (2 episodes, 1956)
- The Man Who Came Over the Mountain (1956) TV episode .... Dunthorpe
- The Secret Weapon of 117 (1956) TV episode - Texas Lady (1955) .... Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
- "Cavalcade of America" .... Doctor Silkworth (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "DuPont Presents the Cavalcade Theatre" (USA: fourth season title)
... aka "DuPont Theater" (USA: fifth season title)
- One Day at a Time (1955) TV episode .... Doctor Silkworth - The Kentuckian (1955) .... Pleasant Tuesday Babson
- "The Man Behind the Badge" .... Pauling (1 episode, 1955)
- The Case of the Red Letter Day (1955) TV episode .... Pauling - Double Jeopardy (1955) .... Emmett Devery
... aka Crooked Ring (UK) - "The Star and the Story" .... Emery Summers (1 episode, 1955)
... aka "The Henry Fonda Show" (USA)
- Her Crowning Glory (1955) TV episode .... Emery Summers - Sitting Bull (1954) .... Gen. Wilford Howell
- "I Love Lucy" .... Harvey Cromwell (1 episode, 1954)
... aka "Lucy in Connecticut" (USA: rerun title)
... aka "The Sunday Lucy Show" (USA: rerun title)
... aka "The Top Ten Lucy Show" (USA: rerun title)
- Mr. and Mrs. T.V. Show (1954) TV episode .... Harvey Cromwell - "City Detective" .... Jeff (1 episode, 1954)
- Shadow of a Man (1954) TV episode .... Jeff - "Four Star Playhouse" .... Mayor (2 episodes, 1953)
... aka "Best in Mystery" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Four Star Theatre" (UK: new title)
... aka "Singer Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
... aka "Star Performance" (USA: rerun title)
- The Girl on a Park Bench (1953) TV episode .... Mayor
- Finale (1953) TV episode - Jack Slade (1953) .... Judge Davidson
... aka Jack Slade, Desperado
... aka Slade (UK) - "My Hero" .... Mr. Willis Thackery (16 episodes, 1952-1953)
- Surprise Party (1953) TV episode
- The Duel (1953) TV episode
- Cinderella's Revenge (1953) TV episode
- Beauty Queen (1953) TV episode .... Mr. Willis Thackery
- Salt Water Daffy (1953) TV episode
(11 more) - Montana Belle (1952) .... Matt Towner
- Scaramouche (1952) .... Dr. Dubuque
- Jet Job (1952) .... Sam Bentley
- Flight to Mars (1951) .... Dr. Lane
- Two Dollar Bettor (1951) .... John Hewitt
... aka Beginner's Luck (UK) - Little Egypt (1951) .... Shuster
... aka Chicago Masquerade (UK) - Take Care of My Little Girl (1951) (uncredited) .... John Erickson
- The Texas Rangers (1951) .... Maj. John B. Jones
- The Groom Wore Spurs (1951) .... Uncle George
- Cuban Fireball (1951) .... Pomeroy Sr.
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) .... Mr. Watkins
... aka Affairs of Sally (UK) - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) .... Police Chief Tolgate
- Woman in Hiding (1950) .... John Chandler
- The Sundowners (1950) .... John Gall
... aka Thunder in the Dust (UK) - Rusty's Birthday (1949) .... Hugh Mitchell
- Mary Ryan, Detective (1949) .... Capt. Billings
- The Gal Who Took the West (1949) .... Col. Logan
- Outpost in Morocco (1949) .... Col. Pascal
- Shamrock Hill (1949) .... Ralph Judson
- Rusty Saves a Life (1949) .... Hugh Mitchell
- Valiant Hombre (1948) .... Lon Lansdell
- Rusty Leads the Way (1948) .... Hugh Mitchell
- Triple Threat (1948) .... Coach Snyder
- Pitfall (1948) .... District Attorney
- Key Largo (1948) (uncredited) .... Dispatcher
- I, Jane Doe (1948) .... Horton
... aka Diary of a Bride (UK) - Smart Woman (1948) .... Clark
- My Dog Rusty (1948) .... Hugh Mitchell
- Cass Timberlane (1947) .... Webb Wargate
... aka Sinclair Lewis' Cass Timberlane (USA: promotional title) - Christmas Eve (1947) .... Joe Bland, FBI Agent
... aka Sinner's Holiday (USA: reissue title) - Heaven Only Knows (1947) .... Reverend Wainwright
... aka Montana Mike (USA: reissue title) - The Guilty (1947) .... Alex Tremholt
- The Beginning or the End (1947) .... K.T. Keller
- Easy Come, Easy Go (1947) .... Tom Clancy
- Lighthouse (1947) .... Hank Armitage
- Swell Guy (1946) .... Arthur Tyler
- Sister Kenny (1946) .... Medical Director
- The Return of Rusty (1946) .... Hugh Mitchell
- She Wrote the Book (1946) .... Dean Fowler
- A Night in Paradise (1946) .... Archon
- Smooth as Silk (1946) .... Stephen Elliott
- The Madonna's Secret (1946) .... Lt. Roberts
- San Antonio (1945) .... Charlie Bell
- The Enchanted Forest (1945) .... Ed Henderson
- Northwest Trail (1945) .... Sergeant Means
- The Daltons Ride Again (1945) .... Mitchell 'Mike' Bohannon
- The Crimson Canary (1945) .... Roger Quinn
- Crime Doctor's Warning (1945) .... Inspector Dawes
... aka Doctor's Warning (UK) - Salome Where She Danced (1945) .... Gen. Robert E. Lee
- Brewster's Millions (1945) .... Swearengen Jones
- Lake Placid Serenade (1944) .... Walter Benda
... aka Winter Serenade (USA: reissue title) - Faces in the Fog (1944) .... Dr. Mason
- Murder in the Blue Room (1944) .... Frank Baldrich
- My Buddy (1944) .... Father Jim Donnelly
- Henry Aldrich's Little Secret (1944) .... Mr. Aldrich
... aka Henry's Little Secret (UK) - Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid (1944) .... Mr. Aldrich
... aka Henry Plays Cupid (UK) - Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout (1944) .... Sam Aldrich
... aka Henry: Boy Scout (UK) - Where Are Your Children? (1943) .... Judge Evans
- Henry Aldrich Haunts a House (1943) .... Mr. Aldrich
... aka Henry Haunts a House (UK) - Submarine Base (1943) .... James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
- Henry Aldrich Swings It (1943) .... Mr. Aldrich
... aka Henry Swings It (UK) - Crime Doctor (1943) .... Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
- So Proudly We Hail! (1943) .... Dr. Harrison
- Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour (1943) .... Mr. Sam Aldrich
... aka Henry Gets Glamour (UK) - Murder in Times Square (1943) .... Dr. Blaine
- Paramount Victory Short No. T2-4: The Aldrich Family Gets in the Scrap (1943) .... Mr. Aldrich
- Madame Spy (1942) .... Peter Rolf
- The Boss of Big Town (1942) .... Michael Lynn
- Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) .... Mr. Aldrich
- Invisible Agent (1942) .... John Gardiner
- Men of Texas (1942) .... Colonel Colbert Scott
... aka Men of Destiny (UK) - For the Common Defense! (1942) .... Subprefect Santiago Castillo
... aka Crime Does Not Pay No. 37: For the Common Defense (USA: series title) - Henry and Dizzy (1942) .... Mr. Aldrich
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942) .... Norman Hadley
... aka A Desperate Chance (UK) - Mystery of Marie Roget (1942) .... M. Henri Beauvais
... aka Phantom of Paris - Kid Glove Killer (1942) .... Matty
- Mississippi Gambler (1942) .... Jim Hadley, posing as Francis Carvel
... aka Danger on the River (USA: TV title) - Soldiers in White (1942) .... Maj. Charles Anthony (Doctor, Army Medical Corps)
- Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) .... Spencer Merlin
- Sealed Lips (1942) .... Mike Rofano/Fred Morton
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941) .... Gen. Phil Sheridan
- Henry Aldrich for President (1941) .... Mr. Aldrich
- Thieves Fall Out (1941) .... Tim Gordon
- The Big Boss (1941) .... Bob Dugan
- The Great Mr. Nobody (1941) .... John Wade
- The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941) .... Mr. West
- Father's Son (1941) .... William Emory
- March On, Marines (1940) .... Colonel Myers
- Santa Fe Trail (1940) .... Martin
- Lady with Red Hair (1940) .... Charles Bryant
- Father Is a Prince (1940) .... Dr. Mark Stone
... aka Big-Hearted Herbert
... aka Father Knows Best - Knute Rockne All American (1940) .... Committee Chairman
... aka A Modern Hero (UK) - Money and the Woman (1940) .... Jerremy 'Jerry ' Helm, Bank Manager
- They Drive by Night (1940) .... Harry McNamara
... aka The Road to Frisco (UK) - The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940) .... District Attorney Dickson
... aka Broadway Lawyer
... aka The Sentence - Gambling on the High Seas (1940) .... U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
- Murder in the Air (1940) .... Mr. William Saxby
- Men Without Souls (1940) .... Reverend Thomas Storm
- Flight Angels (1940) .... Dr. Barclay
- An Angel from Texas (1940) .... Gordon Quigley
- It All Came True (1940) .... Mr. 'Doc' Roberts
- Virginia City (1940) .... Thomas Marshall
- Castle on the Hudson (1940) .... Prison Chaplain
... aka Years Without Days (UK) - The Fighting 69th (1940) .... Captain Mangan
- A Child Is Born (1939) .... Dr. Brett
- The Return of Doctor X (1939) .... Dr. Francis Flegg
- One Hour to Live (1939) .... Rudolph Spain
- On Dress Parade (1939) .... Col. Michael 'Mike' Riker
... aka Dead End Kids at Military School (USA: new title)
... aka The 'Dead End' Kids 'On Dress Parade' (USA: complete title) - Dust Be My Destiny (1939) .... Prosecutor
- Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (1939) .... Carson Drew
- Old Glory (1939) (voice) (uncredited) .... Patrick Henry
- Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939) .... Carson Drew
- Dodge City (1939) .... Matt Cole
- On Trial (1939) .... Robert Strickland
- You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) .... Attorney Carey
- Secret Service of the Air (1939) .... Tom Saxby
- Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) .... Carson Drew
- Wings of the Navy (1939) .... Commander Clark
- Comet Over Broadway (1938) .... William 'Bill' Appleton
- The Declaration of Independence (1938) .... Thomas Jefferson
- Nancy Drew -- Detective (1938) .... Carson Drew
- Broadway Musketeers (1938) .... Stanley 'Stan' Dowling
- Valley of the Giants (1938) .... Hendricks
- The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) .... Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
- My Bill (1938) .... John C. Rudlin, Bank President
- Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938) .... Nelson 'Nails' Morgan
- Over the Wall (1938) .... Father Neil Connor
- Love, Honor and Behave (1938) .... Jim Blake
- Jezebel (1938) .... Jean La Cour
- A Slight Case of Murder (1938) .... Post
- Gold Is Where You Find It (1938) .... Ralph Edward Ferris
- Missing Witnesses (1937) .... Insp. Robert L. Lane
- The Man Without a Country (1937) .... Lt. Philip Nolan
- Alcatraz Island (1937) .... 'Gat' Brady
- Back in Circulation (1937) .... Dr. Eugene Forde
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937) .... Charpentier
- Slim (1937) .... Wyatt Ranstead
- Marked Woman (1937) .... Gordon
- Midnight Court (1937) .... Victor Shanley
- Black Legion (1937) .... Tommy Smith
- Give Me Liberty (1936) .... Patrick Henry
- Fugitive in the Sky (1936) .... Mike Phelan, aka Roger Johnson
- Wayward (1932) .... Robert 'Bob' Daniels
- On the Border (1930) (as John B. Litel) .... Dave
- Oh Darling (1930)
- Don't Believe It (1930)
- Always Faithful (1929) .... Wayne
... aka Blanche Sweet in Always Faithful (USA: copyright title) - Finders Keepers (1929)
- The Flattering Word (1929)
- The Sleeping Porch (1929)
- Kisses (1929) .... Charlie
Soundtrack:
- Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939) (performer: "Pretty Baby" (1916), "Good Night, Ladies")
Self:
- Breakdowns of 1938 (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself (Missing Witnesses outtakes)
Archive Footage:
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"Branded"
- Leap Upon Mountains.... (1965) TV episode (uncredited) .... General James Reed - March On, America! (1942) (uncredited) .... Patrick Henry
- The Tanks Are Coming (1941) .... Thomas Jefferson
- The Bill of Rights (1939) (uncredited) .... Patrick Henry (edited from "Give Me Liberty")
- Land of Liberty (1939)
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