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.
Pocketful of Miracles
As Police Inspector McCrary
Houseboat
As Mr. William Farnsworth
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
As Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford
Santa Fe Trail
As Martin
Jezebel
As Jean La Cour
The Return of Doctor X
As Dr. Flegg
Triple Threat
Finders Keepers
As (as John B. Litel)
Nevada Smith
As Doctor
Nancy Drew... Reporter
As Carson Drew
Pitfall
As District Attorney
Castle on the Hudson
As Prison Chaplain
Dust Be My Destiny
As Prosecutor
Sealed Lips
As Mike Rofano / Fred Morton
A Slight Case of Murder
As Mr. Post, banker
The Guilty
As Alex Tremholt
Invisible Agent
As John Gardiner
Double Jeopardy
As Emmett Devery
The Madonna's Secret
As Lt. Roberts
Black Legion
As Tommy Smith
Flight To Mars
As Dr. Lane
The Sundowners
As John Gall
Woman in Hiding
As John Chandler
Brewster's Millions
As Swearengen Jones
Knute Rockne All American
As Committee Chairman
The Sons of Katie Elder
As Minister
It All Came True
As Mr. Roberts
They Drive by Night
As Harry McNamara
They Died with Their Boots On
As Gen. Phil Sheridan
Decision at Sundown
As Charles Summerton
The Kentuckian
As Pleasant Tuesday Babson
I, Jane Doe
As Horton
San Antonio
As Charlie Bell
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
As Carson Drew
Nancy Drew… Detective
As Carson Drew
Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
As Carson Drew
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
As Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney
Dodge City
As Matt Cole
Kid Glove Killer
As Matty
Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
As Police Chief Sam Tolgate
The Boss of Big Town
As Michael Lynn
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
As Norman Hadley
Sister Kenny
As Medical Director
Two Dollar Bettor
As John Hewitt
Crime Doctor
As Emilio Caspari, the mystery man
The Crime Doctor's Warning
As Inspector Dawes
The Beginning or the End
As K.T. Keller
Rusty Saves a Life
As Hugh Mitchell
Rusty Leads the Way
As Hugh Mitchell
The Fuller Brush Girl
As Mr. Watkins
Christmas Eve
As Joe Bland, FBI Agent
Murder in the Air
As Saxby
Submarine Base
As James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart
You Can't Get Away with Murder
As Attorney Carey
My Dog Rusty
As Hugh Mitchell
Men of Texas
As Colonel Colbert Scott
Montana Belle
As Matt Towner
Heaven Only Knows
As Reverend Wainwright
Sitting Bull
As Wilford Howell
Old Glory
As Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
As Charles Bryant
Flight Angels
As Dr. Barclay
Lighthouse
As Hank Armitage
Murder in Times Square
As Dr. Blaine
Mary Ryan, Detective
As Capt. Billings
The Gun Hawk
As Drunk - Madden's father
Cass Timberlane
As Webb Wargate
The Crimson Canary
As Roger Quinn
So Proudly We Hail
As Dr. Harrison
The Man Who Talked Too Much
As District Attorney Dickson
Over the Wall
As Father Neil Connor
Smooth as Silk
As Stephen Elliott
The Big Boss
As Bob Dugan
Father Is A Prince
As Dr. Mark Stone
Murder in the Blue Room
As Frank Baldrich
The Hired Gun
As Mace Beldon
The Great Mr. Nobody
As John Wade
Men Without Souls
As Reverend Thomas Storm
Night in Paradise
As Archon
The Wild Dakotas
As Morgan Wheeler
Texas Lady
As Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
Father's Son
As William Emory
Secret Service of the Air
As Chief Agent Tom Saxby
Missing Witnesses
As Inspector Lane
Take Care of My Little Girl
As John Erickson (uncredited)
Outpost in Morocco
As Colonel Pascal
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gambling on the High Seas
As U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears
Valley of the Giants
As Hendricks
The Enchanted Forest
As Ed Henderson
Midnight Court
As Victor Shanley
On Dress Parade
As Col. Michael Riker
On Trial
As Robert Strickland
Gold Is Where You Find It
As Ralph Ferris
Where Are Your Children?
As Judge Edmonds
Jack Slade
As Judge Davidson
Fugitive in the Sky
As Mike Phelan
Rusty's Birthday
As Hugh Mitchell
Money and the Woman
As Jerremy Helm
Love, Honor and Behave
As Jim Blake
Alcatraz Island
As 'Gat' Brady
Easy Come, Easy Go
As Tom Clancy
The Mystery of Marie Roget
As Henri Beauvais
Comet Over Broadway
As Bill Appleton
Northwest Trail
As Sergeant Means
Lover Come Back
As Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
Oh Darling!
The Texas Rangers
As John B. Jones
Jet Job
As Sam Bentley
A Child Is Born
As Dr. Brett
Shamrock Hill
As Ralph Judson
Comanche
As Gen. Nelson A. Miles
Little Egypt
As Shuster
Back in Circulation
As Dr. Eugene Forde
Scaramouche
As Dr. Dubuque
The Fighting 69th
As Captain Mangan
My Bill
As John C. Rudlin
Little Miss Thoroughbred
As Nelson "Nails" Morgan
Virginia City
As Marshall
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
As Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich
Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
As Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich for President
As Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich Swings It
As Mr. Aldrich
Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
As Sam Aldrich
Henry and Dizzy
As Sam Aldrich
Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
As Sam Aldrich
Wings of the Navy
As Commander Clark
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
As Mr. Aldrich
Runaway Daughters
As George Barton
March On, Marines
As Colonel Myers
Faces in the Fog
As Dr. Mason
Don't Believe It
As Dick
The Trial of Mary Dugan
As Mr. West
For the Common Defense!
As Subprefect Santiago Castillo
My Buddy
As Father Jim Donnelly
Don Winslow of the Navy
As Spencer Merlin
Key Largo
As Dispatcher (uncredited)
An Angel from Texas
As Quigley
Henry Aldrich, Editor
As Sam Aldrich
Cuban Fireball
As Pomeroy Sr.
Slim
As Wyatt Ranstead
Salome, Where She Danced
As General Lee
Wayward
As Robert 'Bob' Daniels
The Groom Wore Spurs
As Uncle George
Broadway Musketeers
As Stan Dowling
Madame Spy
As Peter Rolf
The Declaration of Independence
As Thomas Jefferson
Give Me Liberty
As Patrick Henry
The Life of Emile Zola
As Charpentier
Swell Guy
As Arthur Tyler
On the Border
As Dave (as John B. Litel)
Thieves Fall Out
As Tim Gordon
The Gal Who Took the West
As Colonel Logan
The Daltons Ride Again
As Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon
The Valiant Hombre
As Lon Lansdell
Always Faithful
As Wayne
She Wrote the Book
As Dean Fowler
Breakdowns of 1938
As Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soldiers in White
As Charles Anthony
The Man Without a Country
As Lt. Philip Nolan
Smart Woman
As Clark
Mississippi Gambler
As Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel
Marked Woman
As Gordon
The Bill of Rights
As Patrick Henry
March On, America!
As Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Return of Rusty
As Hugh Mitchell
The Sleeping Porch
Okay for Sound
One Hour To Live
As Rudolph Spain
Rendezvous in Space
As Priest
77 Sunset Strip
Cheyenne
Maverick
As Ellsworth Greeley
Trackdown
Route 66
I Love Lucy
As Harvey Cromwell
Perry Mason
As Judge
General Electric Theater
As Phillip Saunders
Hawaiian Eye
Zorro
Rawhide
As Jim Rye
Have Gun, Will Travel
The Virginian
As Finley
Lux Video Theatre
As Dr. Robbins
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Climax!
As Judge Sam Crowley
Hazel
Bronco
Branded
Lock-Up
Wanted: Dead or Alive
As Judge George Healy
Sugarfoot
As Hank Tatum
My Hero
Cavalcade of America
As Dr. Silkworth
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
As Sheriff Martin Calder
Vacation Playhouse
As Albert P. Leviathan
City Detective
Stagecoach West
As Dan Murchison
Four Star Playhouse
As Van Alten
Bonanza
As Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington