Person
Al Ernest Garcia
Acting · 1887–1938 · San Francisco, California, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Al Ernest Garcia (11 March 1887 – 4 September 1938) was an American actor, best known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin. He acted with Chaplin in six films between 1921 and 1936, cast mostly in clinical or villainous supporting roles. Garcia portrayed the brutal circus director in The Circus (1928), the snobbish butler of the millionaire in City Lights (1931), and the factory owner in Modern Times (1936). He was also a casting director for Chaplin on The Circus, City Lights, and Modern Times. Garcia was co-founder of the Motion Picture Extras and Supporting Players Association, founded in 1933.
Known for
Modern Times
President of the Electro Steel Corp.
City Lights
His Butler
The Gold Rush
Prospector (uncredited)
The Circus
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
The Rose of the Rancho
Henchman
Her Atonement
1915
The Last Train from Madrid
3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Pay Day
Drinking Companion and Policeman
One Way Passage
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
I'll Take Romance
Allan Garcia
Filmography
- 1938In Old MexicoDon Carlos Gonzalez
- 1937Blossoms On BroadwayOpera Patron (uncredited)
- 1937I'll Take RomanceAllan Garcia
- 1937The Last Train from Madrid3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1936The Gay DesperadoPolice Captain
- 1936Modern TimesPresident of the Electro Steel Corp.
- 1933The California TrailSgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
- 1932One Way PassageHonolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1932The Gay CaballeroBandit
- 1932South of Santa Fe(as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez
- 1931The Cisco KidOrderly (uncredited)
- 1931City LightsHis Butler
- 1930The Big TrailFlack aka El Rojo
- 1929Morgan's Last RaidMorgan
- 1928The CircusThe Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
- 1925The Gold RushProspector (uncredited)
- 1925The Power GodWeston Dore
- 1922Pay DayDrinking Companion and Policeman
- 1921The Idle ClassCop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
- 1920The Golden TrailJean the Half-Breed
- 1919The Trail of the OctopusWang
- 1919Six Feet FourBen Broderick
- 1919The Lamb and the LionRed Baxter
- 1918A Gentleman's AgreementManager of Mine
- 1918Baree, Son of Kazan'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
- 1918RestitutionLucifer and Satan
- 1917Sunlight's Last RaidPedro
- 1915Her Atonement
- 1915Under Two FlagsRockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
- 1915The UnafraidJoseph
- 1915The Country BoyJimmy Michaelson
- 1915Young RomanceSpagnoli (as Al Garcia)
- 1914The Rose of the RanchoHenchman
- 1914The Valley of the MoonBart
- 1913The Flight of the CrowPhilip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
- 1913Indian SummerJim
- 1913Pierre of the NorthBaptiste
- 1912BounderPete Lopez
- 1911ShipwreckedPierre Binbeau
- 1911Their Only Son
- 1911The Still AlarmWilliam Manley
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