
Birthday
1892/12/30
Day of death
1972/02/03 (79 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Albany, Wisconsin, USA
Also know as
John Beach Litel, John B. Litel, جان لایتل
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.

(1961) Pocketful of Miracles
as Police Inspector McCrary

(1958) Houseboat
as Mr. William Farnsworth

(1961) Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
as Vice Admiral B.J. Crawford

(1940) Santa Fe Trail
as Martin

(1938) Jezebel
as Jean La Cour

(1939) The Return of Doctor X
as Dr. Flegg

(1948) Triple Threat
as ---

(1929) Finders Keepers
as (as John B. Litel)

(1966) Nevada Smith
as Doctor

(1939) Nancy Drew... Reporter
as Carson Drew

(1948) Pitfall
as District Attorney

(1940) Castle on the Hudson
as Prison Chaplain

(1939) Dust Be My Destiny
as Prosecutor

(1942) Sealed Lips
as Mike Rofano / Fred Morton

(1938) A Slight Case of Murder
as Post

(1947) The Guilty
as Alex Tremholt

(1942) Invisible Agent
as John Gardiner

(1955) Double Jeopardy
as Emmett Devery

(1946) The Madonna's Secret
as Lt. Roberts

(1937) Black Legion
as Tommy Smith

(1951) Flight to Mars
as Dr. Lane

(1950) The Sundowners
as John Gall

(1950) Woman in Hiding
as John Chandler

(1945) Brewster's Millions
as Swearengen Jones

(1940) Knute Rockne All American
as Committee Chairman

(1965) The Sons of Katie Elder
as Minister

(1940) It All Came True
as Mr. Roberts

(1940) They Drive by Night
as Harry McNamara

(1941) They Died with Their Boots On
as Gen. Phil Sheridan

(1957) Decision at Sundown
as Charles Summerton

(1955) The Kentuckian
as Pleasant Tuesday Babson

(1948) I, Jane Doe
as Horton

(1945) San Antonio
as Charlie Bell

(1939) Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
as Carson Drew

(1938) Nancy Drew… Detective
as Carson Drew

(1939) Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Carson Drew

(1938) The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
as Mr. Monroe, Prosecuting Attorney

(1939) Dodge City
as Matt Cole

(1942) Kid Glove Killer
as Matty

(1950) Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye
as Police Chief Sam Tolgate

(1942) The Boss of Big Town
as Michael Lynn

(1942) A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
as Norman Hadley

(1946) Sister Kenny
as Medical Director

(1951) Two Dollar Bettor
as John Hewitt

(1943) Crime Doctor
as Emilio Caspari, the mystery man

(1945) The Crime Doctor's Warning
as Inspector Dawes

(1947) The Beginning or the End
as K.T. Keller

(1949) Rusty Saves a Life
as Hugh Mitchell
(1948) Rusty Leads the Way
as Hugh Mitchell

(1950) The Fuller Brush Girl
as Mr. Watkins

(1947) Christmas Eve
as Joe Bland, FBI Agent

(1940) Murder in the Air
as Saxby

(1943) Submarine Base
as James Xavier 'Jim' Taggart

(1939) You Can't Get Away with Murder
as Attorney Carey

(1948) My Dog Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell

(1942) Men of Texas
as Colonel Colbert Scott

(1952) Montana Belle
as Matt Towner

(1947) Heaven Only Knows
as Reverend Wainwright

(1954) Sitting Bull
as Wilford Howell

(1939) Old Glory
as Patrick Henry (voice) (uncredited)

(1940) Lady with Red Hair
as Charles Bryant

(1940) Flight Angels
as Dr. Barclay

(1947) Lighthouse
as Hank Armitage

(1943) Murder in Times Square
as Dr. Blaine

(1949) Mary Ryan, Detective
as Capt. Billings

(1963) The Gun Hawk
as Drunk - Madden's father

(1947) Cass Timberlane
as Webb Wargate

(1945) The Crimson Canary
as Roger Quinn

(1943) So Proudly We Hail
as Dr. Harrison

(1940) The Man Who Talked Too Much
as District Attorney Dickson

(1938) Over the Wall
as Father Neil Connor

(1946) Smooth as Silk
as Stephen Elliott

(1941) The Big Boss
as Bob Dugan

(1940) Father Is A Prince
as Dr. Mark Stone

(1944) Murder in the Blue Room
as Frank Baldrich

(1957) The Hired Gun
as Mace Beldon

(1941) The Great Mr. Nobody
as John Wade

(1940) Men Without Souls
as Reverend Thomas Storm

(1946) Night in Paradise
as Archon

(1956) The Wild Dakotas
as Morgan Wheeler

(1955) Texas Lady
as Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

(1941) Father's Son
as William Emory

(1939) Secret Service of the Air
as Chief Agent Tom Saxby

(1937) Missing Witnesses
as Inspector Lane

(1951) Take Care of My Little Girl
as John Erickson (uncredited)

(1949) Outpost in Morocco
as Colonel Pascal

(1983) Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1940) Gambling on the High Seas
as U.S. District Attorney Homer Sears

(1938) Valley of the Giants
as Hendricks

(1945) The Enchanted Forest
as Ed Henderson

(1937) Midnight Court
as Victor Shanley

(1939) On Dress Parade
as Col. Michael Riker

(1939) On Trial
as Robert Strickland

(1938) Gold Is Where You Find It
as Ralph Ferris

(1943) Where Are Your Children?
as Judge Edmonds

(1953) Jack Slade
as Judge Davidson

(1936) Fugitive in the Sky
as Mike Phelan
(1949) Rusty's Birthday
as Hugh Mitchell

(1940) Money and the Woman
as Jerremy Helm

(1938) Love, Honor and Behave
as Jim Blake

(1937) Alcatraz Island
as 'Gat' Brady

(1947) Easy Come, Easy Go
as Tom Clancy

(1942) The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Henri Beauvais

(1938) Comet Over Broadway
as Bill Appleton

(1945) Northwest Trail
as Sergeant Means

(1961) Lover Come Back
as Williams, Ad Council Board Member (uncredited)
(1930) Oh Darling!
as ---

(1951) The Texas Rangers
as John B. Jones

(1952) Jet Job
as Sam Bentley

(1939) A Child Is Born
as Dr. Brett

(1949) Shamrock Hill
as Ralph Judson

(1956) Comanche
as Gen. Nelson A. Miles

(1951) Little Egypt
as Shuster

(1937) Back in Circulation
as Dr. Eugene Forde

(1952) Scaramouche
as Dr. Dubuque

(1940) The Fighting 69th
as Captain Mangan

(1938) My Bill
as John C. Rudlin

(1938) Little Miss Thoroughbred
as Nelson "Nails" Morgan

(1940) Virginia City
as Marshall

(1944) Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
as Mr. Samuel J. Aldrich

(1943) Henry Aldrich Gets Glamour
as Sam Aldrich

(1941) Henry Aldrich for President
as Sam Aldrich

(1943) Henry Aldrich Swings It
as Mr. Aldrich

(1943) Henry Aldrich Haunts a House
as Sam Aldrich

(1942) Henry and Dizzy
as Sam Aldrich

(1944) Henry Aldrich, Boy Scout
as Sam Aldrich

(1939) Wings of the Navy
as Commander Clark

(1944) Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
as Mr. Aldrich

(1956) Runaway Daughters
as George Barton

(1940) March On, Marines
as Colonel Myers

(1944) Faces in the Fog
as Dr. Mason
(1930) Don't Believe It
as Dick

(1941) The Trial of Mary Dugan
as Mr. West

(1942) For the Common Defense!
as Subprefect Santiago Castillo

(1944) My Buddy
as Jim Donnelly

(1942) Don Winslow of the Navy
as Spencer Merlin

(1948) Key Largo
as Dispatcher (uncredited)

(1940) An Angel from Texas
as Quigley

(1942) Henry Aldrich, Editor
as Sam Aldrich
(1951) Cuban Fireball
as Pomeroy Sr.

(1937) Slim
as Wyatt Ranstead

(1945) Salome, Where She Danced
as General Lee

(1932) Wayward
as Robert 'Bob' Daniels

(1951) The Groom Wore Spurs
as Uncle George

(1938) Broadway Musketeers
as Stan Dowling

(1942) Madame Spy
as Peter Rolf

(1938) The Declaration of Independence
as Thomas Jefferson

(1936) Give Me Liberty
as Patrick Henry

(1937) The Life of Emile Zola
as Charpentier

(1946) Swell Guy
as Arthur Tyler

(1930) On the Border
as Dave (as John B. Litel)

(1941) Thieves Fall Out
as Tim Gordon

(1949) The Gal Who Took the West
as Colonel Logan

(1945) The Daltons Ride Again
as Mitchael J. 'Mike' Bohannon

(1948) The Valiant Hombre
as Lon Lansdell

(1929) Always Faithful
as Wayne

(1946) She Wrote the Book
as Dean Fowler

(1938) Breakdowns of 1938
as Inspector Lane (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1942) Soldiers in White
as Charles Anthony

(1937) The Man Without a Country
as Lt. Philip Nolan

(1948) Smart Woman
as Clark

(1942) Mississippi Gambler
as Jim Hadley aka Francis Carvel

(1937) Marked Woman
as Gordon

(1939) The Bill of Rights
as Patrick Henry

(1942) March On, America!
as Patrick Henry (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1946) The Return of Rusty
as Hugh Mitchell
(1929) The Sleeping Porch
as ---

(1946) Okay for Sound
as ---

(1939) One Hour To Live
as Rudolph Spain

(1964) Rendezvous in Space
as Priest

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as ---

(1955) Cheyenne
as ---

(1957) Maverick
as Ellsworth Greeley

(1960) Route 66
as ---

(1951) I Love Lucy
as Harvey Cromwell

(1957) Perry Mason
as Judge

(1953) General Electric Theater
as Phillip Saunders

(1959) Hawaiian Eye
as ---

(1959) Rawhide
as Jim Rye

(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as ---

(1962) The Virginian
as Finley
(1950) Lux Video Theatre
as Dr. Robbins

(1955) The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as ---

(1954) Climax!
as Judge Sam Crowley

(1961) Hazel
as ---

(1958) Bronco
as ---

(1965) Branded
as ---

(1959) Lock-Up
as ---

(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Judge George Healy

(1957) Sugarfoot
as Hank Tatum
(1952) My Hero
as ---

(1952) Cavalcade of America
as Dr. Silkworth

(1956) Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
as Sheriff Martin Calder
(1963) Vacation Playhouse
as Albert P. Leviathan

(1953) City Detective
as ---

(1957) Zorro
as The Governor

(1960) Stagecoach West
as Dan Murchison

(1957) Maverick
as Judge Somervell

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Colonel Richard Gaunt

(1959) Rawhide
as James Whitcomb

(1957) Sugarfoot
as Archie Crenshaw

(1962) The Virginian
as Wade Hammill

(1953) General Electric Theater
as Frank Hobbs
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Van Alten
(1952) Four Star Playhouse
as Mayor

(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Asa Morgan

(1958) Wanted: Dead or Alive
as Clint Davis

(1965) Branded
as Gen. James Reed (archive footage) (uncredited)

(1959) Bonanza
as Judge Jeremy Clarence Billington

(1957) Maverick
as Judge Joshua Thayer

(1958) 77 Sunset Strip
as Distinguished Visitor

(1959) Bonanza
as Mayor George Goshen

(1957) Trackdown
as Judge Henry