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John Litel is a Actor American born on 30 december 1892 at Albany (USA)
John Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery.
Back in the U.S. after the war, Litel enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career. In 1929, he started appearing in films. Part of the "Warner Bros. Stock Company" beginning in the 1930s, he appeared in dozens of Warner Bros. films. He often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops, district attorneys, etc. He appeared in over 200 films, including They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Scaramouche (1952), and his final film role in Nevada Smith (1966).
In the second season of the Disney series Zorro, he played the Governor of California in several episodes. From 1960 to 1961, he was cast as Dan Murchison in nine episodes of the ABC western television series, Stagecoach West, starring Wayne Rogers and Robert Bray.
He appeared in many other series as well, including the role of Captain David Rowland in the episode "Don't Get Tough with a Sailor" on the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian. In the story line, Rowland, a former captain in the United States Navy is a wealthy Arizona Territory rancher who operates his own law and private jail near the Mexican border.
He appeared as Mr. Crenshaw in the episode "The Giant Killer" (March 3, 1959) of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins in the title role. In the segment Patricia Barry plays the recently widowed Doreen Bradley who with the assistance of Sugarfoot exposes to a grateful town the corruption and cowardice of Lou Stoner (R. G. Armstrong), a leading candidate for a territorial governorship. Others in the segment are Dorothy Provine, Russ Conway, and child actor Jay North.
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Birth name John Beach Litel
Nationality USA
Birth 30 december 1892 at Albany (USA)
Death 3 february 1972 (at 79 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 30 december 1892 at Albany (USA)
Death 3 february 1972 (at 79 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
John Litel (December 30, 1892 – February 3, 1972) was an American film and television actor.
During World War I, Litel enlisted in the French Army and was twice decorated for bravery.
Back in the U.S. after the war, Litel enrolled in the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and began his stage career. In 1929, he started appearing in films. Part of the "Warner Bros. Stock Company" beginning in the 1930s, he appeared in dozens of Warner Bros. films. He often played supporting roles such as hard-nosed cops, district attorneys, etc. He appeared in over 200 films, including They Drive by Night (1940), Knute Rockne, All American (1940), They Died with Their Boots On (1941), Scaramouche (1952), and his final film role in Nevada Smith (1966).
In the second season of the Disney series Zorro, he played the Governor of California in several episodes. From 1960 to 1961, he was cast as Dan Murchison in nine episodes of the ABC western television series, Stagecoach West, starring Wayne Rogers and Robert Bray.
He appeared in many other series as well, including the role of Captain David Rowland in the episode "Don't Get Tough with a Sailor" on the ABC/Desilu western series, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, starring Hugh O'Brian. In the story line, Rowland, a former captain in the United States Navy is a wealthy Arizona Territory rancher who operates his own law and private jail near the Mexican border.
He appeared as Mr. Crenshaw in the episode "The Giant Killer" (March 3, 1959) of the ABC/Warner Brothers western series, Sugarfoot, with Will Hutchins in the title role. In the segment Patricia Barry plays the recently widowed Doreen Bradley who with the assistance of Sugarfoot exposes to a grateful town the corruption and cowardice of Lou Stoner (R. G. Armstrong), a leading candidate for a territorial governorship. Others in the segment are Dorothy Provine, Russ Conway, and child actor Jay North.
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Nevada Smith (1966)
, 2h8Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Films about animals, Assassinat, Films about snakes, Reptile
Actors Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, John Arthur Kennedy, Suzanne Pleshette, Raf Vallone
Roles Doctor
Rating68%
In the West of the 1890s, a trio of outlaws, Bill Bowdre (Arthur Kennedy), Jesse Coe (Martin Landau) and Tom Fitch (Karl Malden), robs, tortures and brutally kills the white father and Indian mother of young Max Sand (Steve McQueen). Max sets out to avenge their deaths. Fitch keeps a tobacco pouch made from the breast of Max's mother, that contains a piece of beaded deerskin from her shirt. Max uses this clue to help him find the men.
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
, 1h57Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Films about families
Actors John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer, Michael Anderson Jr., Earl Holliman, George Kennedy
Roles Minister
Rating70%
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John (John Wayne), who is a famous (or infamous) professional gunman; Tom (Dean Martin), a professional gambler; Bud (Michael Anderson, Jr.), the youngest brother, still in school; and Matt (Earl Holliman), an unsuccessful hardware dealer – reunite in their hometown of Clearwaters, Texas (approximately 2 hours east of Dallas, Texas), in 1898 for their mother's funeral, sharing regret that none of them has lived up to her high expectations of them.
Rendezvous in Space (1964)
, 19minutesDirected by Frank Capra
Genres Documentary, Animation
Actors Danny Thomas, Mel Blanc, June Foray, Alan Reed, Doodles Weaver, Jim Backus
Roles Priest
Rating66%
Rendezvous in Space est un documentaire de 1964 sur le futur de l'exploration spatiale
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
, 2h16Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Glenn Ford, Bette Davis, Hope Lange, Arthur O'Connell, Peter Falk, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Police Inspector McCrary
Rating71%
Dave the Dude (Glenn Ford) is a successful, very superstitious New York City gangster who buys apples from street peddler Apple Annie (Bette Davis) to bring him good luck. On the eve of a very important meeting, he finds Annie terribly upset.
Lover Come Back (1961)
, 1h47Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall, Edie Adams, Jack Oakie, Joe Flynn
Roles Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
Rating70%
In a New York advertising agency, Jerry Webster (Rock Hudson), a Madison Avenue ad executive, has achieved success not through hard work or intelligence but by wining and dining his clients, even setting them up on dates with attractive girls.
, 1h40Directed by Irwin Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Children's films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Joan Fontaine, Barbara Eden, Peter Lorre, Robert Sterling, Michael Ansara
Roles Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
Rating59%
The new, state of the art nuclear submarine Seaview is on diving trials in the Arctic Ocean. The Seaview is designed and built by scientist and engineering genius Admiral Harriman Nelson (USN-Ret) (Walter Pidgeon). Captain Lee Crane (Robert Sterling) is the Seaview's Commanding Officer. One of the on-board observers is Dr. Susan Hiller (Joan Fontaine), studying crew-related stress. The mission includes being out of radio contact for 96 hours while under the Arctic ice cap, but the ice begins to crack and melt, with boulder-size pieces crashing into the ocean around the submarine. Surfacing, they discover fire burning in the sky. After the rescue of a scientist and his dog at Ice Floe Delta, Miguel Alvarez (Michael Ansara), the sub receives radio contact from Mission Director Inspector Bergan at the Bureau of Marine Exploration. He advises that a meteor shower pierced the Van Allen radiation belt causing it to catch fire, resulting in a world-threatening increase in heat all across the Earth. Nelson's on-board friend and scientist, retired Commodore Lucius Emery (Peter Lorre) concurs that it is possible. Bergan informs Nelson that the President wants him at a UN Emergency Scientific Meeting as soon as possible.
Signé Zorro (1958)
, 1h31Directed by Norman Foster, Lewis R. Foster, Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent, Don Diamond, George J. Lewis
Roles Le Gouverneur (1958-1959)
Rating68%
Au début du XIX siècle, de retour d'Espagne où il faisait ses études, Don Diego de la Vega découvre que Los Angeles est tyrannisée par le commandant de la garnison de cette petite ville de la Californie espagnole. Le jeune noble décide alors de combattre ces abus de pouvoir et prend les armes sous le nom de Zorro (renard en espagnol).
Houseboat (1958)
, 1h50Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Cary Grant, Sophia Loren, Martha Hyer, Paul Petersen, Charles Herbert, Harry Guardino
Roles Mr. William Farnsworth
Rating65%
For several years, Tom Winters (Grant) has been estranged from his wife and their three children, David (Petersen), Elizabeth (Gibson), and Robert (Herbert). The film begins as he returns home from Europe shortly after his wife's death. The children want to stay in the country with their mother's wealthy family, including her parents and her sister Carolyn (Hyer), but Tom takes them to Washington, D.C., where he works in the US State Department.
Decision at Sundown (1957)
, 1h17Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, John Carroll, Karen Steele, Valerie French, Noah Beery, Jr, John Archer
Roles Charles Summerton
Rating67%
Bart Allison (Randolph Scott) rejoint un ami, Sam, qui a découvert la ville où se trouve le dangereux Tate Kinsbrough (John Carroll) qu'Allison cherche depuis 3 ans, certainement pour le tuer. Il souhaite venger une certaine Mary, que Kingsbrough avait poussée au suicide par un adultère. Les deux compères entrent en ville pour accomplir leur besogne. Mais cette ville, totalement sous la coupe de Kinsbrough, se prépare à célébrer le jour même le mariage de ce dernier. Par ailleurs la victime de Kinsbrough, que Sam a bien connue, n'était peut-être pas une oie blanche ; ce qui va diviser les deux amis quand Sam va apprendre le but de Bart...
The Hired Gun (1957)
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rory Calhoun, Anne Francis, Vince Edwards, John Litel, Chuck Connors, Robert Burton
Roles Mace Beldon
Rating57%
Ellen Beldon is about to be hanged in Texas for the cold-blooded murder of her husband. Her ranch foreman, Judd Farrow, busts her out of jail and escorts Ellen to a safe hideout in New Mexico.
Comanche (1956)
, 1h24Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Historical, Romance, Western
Actors Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Nestor Paiva, Henry Brandon, Stacy Harris, John Litel
Roles Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Rating55%
In 1875, near Durango, Mexico, a group of renegade Comanche attack a peaceful village and kidnap the daughter of a Spanish aristocrat. They escape the Mexican Army by crossing into US territory. Jim Read (Dana Andrews), a frontier scout, is sent to investigate and ease tensions between the Mexicans and the Comanche. But long standing hatred and the profitable business of scalp-hunting does not help in resolving the conflict. Read is sent to negotiate with the Comanche chief, Quanah (Kent Smith). Whilst searching for Quanah, Read sees Art Downey (Stacy Harris), a local scalp-hunter, shoot and injure a Comanche. Read rescues him and takes him to Quanah. Read however is himself accused of the shooting by Black Cloud (Henry Brandon), the renegade leader, until the injured brave recovers enough to clear his name. Read reveals to Quanah that they are cousins and that his mother was the sister of Quanah’s mother. Quanah swears loyalty to his white friend. Read leaves to fetch government officials to a peace council, but discovers a cavalry detachment that has been massacred by Black Cloud and his renegades. The Government official, Commissioner Ward (Lowell Gilmore), has ordered the cavalry to subdue the Indians, by force if necessary. Black Cloud attacks a column of cavalry troopers and captures Ward. Quanah and a large force of loyal Comanche intervene and threaten to attack Black Cloud. Vengeful Black Cloud kills Ward. In the ensuing battle, Read kills Downey and Black Cloud and peace is restored.
Runaway Daughters (1956)
, 1h31Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Marla English, John Litel, Gloria Castillo, Anna Sten, Mary Ellen Kay, Frank Gorshin
Roles George Barton
Rating49%
Audrey Barton is the teen daughter of rich, irresponsible parents. When school classmate Tommy brings her home from a date, they spy Ruth Barton, her mother, passionately kissing a neighbor.
The Kentuckian (1955)
, 1h44Directed by Burt Lancaster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Themes Films about the labor movement, Harcèlement au travail
Actors Burt Lancaster, Dianne Foster, Diana Lynn, Walter Matthau, John McIntire, John Litel
Roles Pleasant Tuesday Babson
Rating61%
Frontiersman Elias "Big Eli" Wakefield (Burt Lancaster) decides to leave 1820s Kentucky and move to Texas with his son "Little Eli" (Donald MacDonald). Along the way, they run into two women who take a liking to the pair, indentured servant Hannah (Dianne Foster), who wants to go with them, and schoolteacher Susie (Diana Lynn), who would rather have Big Eli marry her and settle down. Big Eli also has to deal with villainous Stan Bodine (Walter Matthau), who cracks a mean bullwhip.
Texas Lady (1955)
, 1h26Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins, James Bell, Horace McMahon, Gregory Walcott
Roles Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
Rating55%
On a riverboat, gambler Chris Mooney loses heavily to Prudence Webb, borrows another $30,000 and loses that to her, too.
Double Jeopardy (1955)
, 1h10Directed by R. G. Springsteen
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Rod Cameron, Gale Robbins, Allison Hayes, Jack Kelly, John Litel, Robert Armstrong
Roles Emmett Devery
Rating62%