John Litel
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.
Born: December 30, 1892
Place of Birth: Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Known For
My Dog Rusty
Faithful dog Rusty helps his master's father win a mayoral race.
I Love Lucy
Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.
Perry Mason
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
Bonanza
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Bonanza
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
Zorro
Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner, returns from his studies in Spain and discovers that Los Angeles is under the command of Capitan Monastario, a cruel man who relishes in the misuse of his power for personal gain. Knowing that he cannot hope to single-handedly defeat Monastario and his troops, Diego resorts to subterfuge. He adopts the secret identity of Zorro, a sinister figure dressed in black, and rides to fight Monastario's injustice.
Key Largo
A hurricane swells outside, but it's nothing compared to the storm within the hotel at Key Largo. There, sadistic mobster Johnny Rocco holes up - and holds at gunpoint hotel owner James Temple, his widowed daughter-in-law Nora, and ex-GI Frank McCloud.
Pocketful of Miracles
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.
Rawhide
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Minister
as Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Priest
as Drunk - Madden's father
as Albert P. Leviathan
as Finley
as Wade Hammill
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
as Police Inspector McCrary
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
as Dan Murchison
as Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington
as Mayor George Goshen
as Jim Rye
as James Whitcomb
as Mr. William Farnsworth
as Colonel Richard Gaunt
as Distinguished Visitor
as Judge George Healy
as Asa Morgan
as Clint Davis
as Charles Summerton
as The Governor
as Judge Henry
as Ellsworth Greeley
as Judge Somervell
as Judge Joshua Thayer
as Judge
as Mace Beldon
as Hank Tatum
as Archie Crenshaw
as Sheriff Martin Calder
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles
as Morgan Wheeler
as George Barton
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson
as Emmett Devery
as Judge Sam Crowley
as Wilford Howell
as Judge Davidson
as Phillip Saunders
as Frank Hobbs
as Matt Towner
as Dr. Silkworth
as Dr. Dubuque
as Sam Bentley
as Dr. Lane
as Harvey Cromwell
as Shuster
as John Hewitt
as John Erickson (uncredited)
as John B. Jones
as Chief of Police
as Mr. Watkins
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate
as John Gall
as John Chandler
as Capt. Billings
as Hugh Mitchell
as Colonel Logan
as Colonel Pascal
as Hugh Mitchell
as Ralph Judson
as Lon Lansdell
as District Attorney
as Dispatcher (uncredited)
as Horton
as Clark
as Hugh Mitchell
as Webb Wargate
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent
as Reverend Wainwright
as Alex Tremholt
as Tom Clancy
as K.T. Keller
as Hank Armitage
as Arthur Tyler
as Medical Director
as Hugh Mitchell
as Dean Fowler
as Archon
as Lt. Roberts
as Stephen Elliott
as Charlie Bell
as Ed Henderson
as Sergeant Means
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
as Roger Quinn
as Inspector Dawes
as General Lee
as Swearengen Jones
as Dr. Mason
as Frank Baldrich
as Jim Donnelly
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
as Mr. Aldrich
as Sam Aldrich
as Judge Edmonds
as Sam Aldrich
as Dr. Harrison
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
as Mr. Aldrich
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
as Sam Aldrich
as Dr. Blaine
as Peter Rolf
as Michael Lynn
as Sam Aldrich
as John Gardiner
as Colonel Colbert Scott
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo
as Sam Aldrich
as Norman Hadley
as Henri Beauvais
as Matty
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
as Charles Anthony
as Spencer Merlin
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
as Gen. Phil Sheridan
as Sam Aldrich
as Tim Gordon
as Bob Dugan
as John Wade
as Mr. West
as William Emory
as Martin
as Colonel Myers
as Charles Bryant
as Dr. Mark Stone
as Committee Chairman
as Jerremy Helm
as Harry McNamara
as District Attorney Dickson
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
as Saxby
as Reverend Thomas Storm
as Dr. Barclay
as Quigley
as Mr. Roberts
as Marshall
as Prison Chaplain
as Captain Mangan
as Dr. Brett
as Dr. Flegg
as Col. Michael Riker
as Rudolph Spain
as Prosecutor
as Carson Drew
as Patrick Henry
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
as Carson Drew
as Matt Cole
as Robert Strickland
as Attorney Carey
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby
as Carson Drew
as Commander Clark
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Bill Appleton
as Thomas Jefferson
as Carson Drew
as Stan Dowling
as Hendricks
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
as John C. Rudlin
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan
as Father Neil Connor
as Jean La Cour
as Jim Blake
as Post
as Ralph Ferris
as Inspector Lane
as Lt. Philip Nolan
as 'Gat' Brady
as Charpentier
as Dr. Eugene Forde
as Wyatt Ranstead
as Gordon
as Victor Shanley
as Tommy Smith
as Patrick Henry
as Mike Phelan
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels
as Dave (as John B. Litel)
as Wayne
as (as John B. Litel)