John Litel Overview:

Actor, John Litel, was born John Beach Litel on Dec 30, 1892 in Albany, WI. Litel died at the age of 79 on Feb 3, 1972 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles .

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Pleasant Tuesday Babson: You don't measure land in Texas by rod and chain - you measure by the eye. And when the eye can see no further, that's where you drive your stake. The rifle ball has not been made that can carry to a neighbor's line.


Patrick Henry: Better a glorious death, Peyton, than an inglorious life.


Patrick Henry: If this be treason, make the most of it!


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Portrayed a number of famous historical figures in several Warner Bros. shorts during his long career, including Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Robert E. Lee. The film Give Me Liberty (1936) with Litel as Henry won an Academy Award for best short. In it he managed to recite a long and complicated speech in one take. His short film on Jefferson entitled The Declaration of Independence (1938) also won an Oscar.

Retired in 1967 due to ill health.

50s TV Sitcom fans will remember him as Bob Cummings' boss Mr. Thackery in "My Hero" (1952).

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