Al Ernest Garcia

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1887-03-11 (51 years old)

Deathday

1938-09-04

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Al Ernest Garcia

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 19...

Acting

1931

City Lights

as His Butler

1936

Modern Times

as President of the Electro Steel Corp.

1915

Under Two Flags

as Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)

1928

The Circus

as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master

1913

The Flight of the Crow

as Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)

1921

The Idle Class

as Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)

1933

The California Trail

as Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)

1918

Baree, Son of Kazan

as 'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)

1932

1922

Pay Day

as Drinking Companion and Policeman

1913

1920

The Golden Trail

as Jean the Half-Breed

1918

A Gentleman's Agreement

as Manager of Mine

1918

Restitution

as Lucifer and Satan

1915

The Unafraid

as Joseph

1915

Young Romance

as Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)

1931

The Cisco Kid

as Orderly (uncredited)

1937

I'll Take Romance

as Allan Garcia

1919

Six Feet Four

as Ben Broderick

1925

The Gold Rush

as Prospector (uncredited)

1932

One Way Passage

as Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)

1930

The Big Trail

as Flack aka El Rojo

1938

In Old Mexico

as Don Carlos Gonzalez

1912

Bounder

as Pete Lopez

1911

Shipwrecked

as Pierre Binbeau

1936

The Gay Desperado

as Police Captain

1914

1929

1925

The Power God

as Weston Dore

1937

Blossoms On Broadway

as Opera Patron (uncredited)

1913

1932

South of Santa Fe

as (as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez

1911

The Still Alarm

as William Manley

1915

The Country Boy

as Jimmy Michaelson

1937

The Last Train from Madrid

as 3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

Production

1931

City Lights

as Casting

1936

Modern Times

as Casting

1928

The Circus

as Casting

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