Ben Corbett, Victor Potel, Tiny Skelton and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Caption: Ben Corbett, Victor Potel, Tiny Skelton and Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams in Thunder Over Texas (1934)
Actor, Writer, Director
Born: October 12, 1889
Star sign: Libra
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Known for: Sullivan's Travels (1941), The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944), The Palm Beach Story (1942), How Slippery Slim Saw the Show (1915)
Source: IMDB
Victor Potel was born in Lafayette, Indiana, in 1889. His first film was in 1910, for Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in Chicago. Potel worked for Essanay in most of the Broncho Billy series, as well as playing a character called "Slippery Sam" in almost 80 movies as well as Universal Pictures' "Snakeville" series. He moved to Universal in 1928...