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Victor Potel (October 12, 1889 – March 8, 1947) was an American film character actor who began in the silent era and appeared in over 430 films in his 38 year career. ==Career== Victor Potel was born in Lafayette, Indiana in 1889, and his acting career goes back almost to the beginning of the commercial film industry in the United States. He made his first silent film in 1910, a comedy short filmed in Chicago by Essanay Film Manufacturing Company called ''A Dog on Business''. Potel continued to make films for Essanay, appearing in dozens of films every year, including most of the Broncho Billy series, and played a character called "Slippery Sam" in 80 movies.〔IMDB ("Slippery Sam" )〕 He also appeared in Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series.〔Erickson, Hal (Biography (Allmovie) )〕 Potel's first talking picture was ''Melody of Love'', starring Walter Pidgeon, made for Universal in 1928, and in the sound era he continued to work continuously and constantly, playing small parts and sometimes uncredited bit parts, all primarily comic roles due to his height () and gawkiness. In addition to acting, on several occasions Potel also wrote and directed. In the 1920s he directed two silent shorts, ''The Rubber-Neck'' in 1924 and ''Action Craver'' in 1927, and contributed the story for ''Saxophobia'' in 1927. In the following decade, in the sound era, he was the dialogue director for ''The Big Chance'' (1933), and wrote the story for ''Inside Information'' in 1934). In 1935 he provided continuity and dialogue for ''Million Dollar Haul'' and the screenplay for ''Hot Off the Press''. In the 1940s, Potel was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges.〔Potel appeared in ''The Great McGinty'', ''Christmas in July'', ''The Lady Eve'', ''Sullivan's Travels'', ''The Palm Beach Story'', ''The Miracle of Morgan's Creek'', ''Hail the Conquering Hero'', ''The Great Moment'' and ''The Sin of Harold Diddlebock''〕 Potel continued to work right up until his death on 8 March 1947. The final film he worked on, ''Relentless'' finished filming on 28 February of that year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Victor Potel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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