Al Ernest Garcia
Acting
Born March 11, 1887, San Francisco, California, USA
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.
Filmography
- 1938In Old Mexico — Don Carlos Gonzalez
- 1937Blossoms On Broadway — Opera Patron (uncredited)
- 1937I'll Take Romance — Allan Garcia
- 1937The Last Train from Madrid — 3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- 1936Modern Times — President of the Electro Steel Corp., Casting
- 1936The Gay Desperado — Police Captain
- 1933The California Trail — Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
- 1932One Way Passage — Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1932South of Santa Fe — (as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez
- 1932The Gay Caballero — Bandit
- 1931City Lights — His Butler, Casting
- 1931The Cisco Kid — Orderly (uncredited)
- 1930The Big Trail — Flack aka El Rojo
- 1929Morgan's Last Raid — Morgan
- 1928The Circus — The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master, Casting
- 1925The Gold Rush — Prospector (uncredited)
- 1925The Power God — Weston Dore
- 1922Pay Day — Drinking Companion and Policeman
- 1921The Idle Class — Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
- 1920The Golden Trail — Jean the Half-Breed
- 1919Six Feet Four — Ben Broderick
- 1919The Lamb and the Lion — Red Baxter
- 1919The Trail of the Octopus — Wang
- 1918A Gentleman's Agreement — Manager of Mine
- 1918Baree, Son of Kazan — 'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
- 1918Restitution — Lucifer and Satan
- 1917Sunlight's Last Raid — Pedro
- 1915Her Atonement
- 1915The Country Boy — Jimmy Michaelson
- 1915The Unafraid — Joseph
- 1915Under Two Flags — Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
- 1915Young Romance — Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)
- 1914The Rose of the Rancho — Henchman
- 1914The Valley of the Moon — Bart
- 1913Indian Summer — Jim
- 1913Pierre of the North — Baptiste
- 1913The Flight of the Crow — Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
- 1912Bounder — Pete Lopez
- 1911Shipwrecked — Pierre Binbeau
- 1911The Still Alarm — William Manley
- 1911Their Only Son