Glen Cavender
Acting · Directing · Writing
Born September 18, 1883, Tucson, Arizona, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Glen Cavender (September 19, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 259 films between 1914 and 1949. The Spanish–American War soldier was born in Tucson, Arizona, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original Keystone Cops and was a regular in numerous Mack Sennett comedies. He also worked as a director for three Mack Sennett films between 1914 and 1916. During the 1920s, Cavender worked for the film studios Educational and Christie and appeared in Buster Keaton's film classic The General (1926) as the antagonistic Union Captain Anderson. The advance of sound film in the late 1920s damaged his career and, formerly a well-known actor, Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949.
Filmography
- 1981The Muppets Go to the Movies — Keystone Kop (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1949The Fountainhead — Pedestrian Onlooker (uncredited)
- 1943Edge of Darkness — Cannery Worker (uncredited)
- 1943Northern Pursuit — Workman (uncredited)
- 1943Watch on the Rhine — Servant (uncredited)
- 1942George Washington Slept Here — Well Digger (uncredited)
- 1942Spy Ship — Karl, Radio Operator
- 1942The Hidden Hand — Detective (uncredited)
- 1942The Male Animal — Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
- 1941Bad Men of Missouri — Tod
- 1941Here Comes Happiness — Man Getting Headlined Paper (uncredited)
- 1941Highway West — Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
- 1941Manpower — Drunk Bounced from Midnight Club (uncredited)
- 1941Million Dollar Baby
- 1941Singapore Woman — Glen, Mine Foreman (uncredited)
- 1941The Great Mr. Nobody — On-looker at Fight (uncredited)
- 1941Underground — Man Giving Sylvia Baggage Claim Ticket
- 1940'Til We Meet Again — Ship Officer (uncredited)
- 1940All This, and Heaven Too — Jean (uncredited)
- 1940An Angel from Texas — Lone Star Townsman / New York Passerby Extra
- 1940Brother Rat and a Baby — Courtroom Extra
- 1940Calling Philo Vance — Train Porter Asked to Send Telegram (uncredited)
- 1940Flowing Gold — Oil Worker (uncredited)
- 1940King of the Lumberjacks — Lumberjack in Dominic's Office (uncredited)
- 1940Lady with Red Hair — Stage Doorman (uncredited)
- 1940No Time for Comedy — Actor in Show (uncredited)
- 1940The Man I Married — Petty Official
- 1939Angels Wash Their Faces — Driver of Moving Cart / Policeman at Bowling Alley (uncredited)
- 1939British Intelligence — Under Officer Pfalz
- 1939Code of the Secret Service — Policeman (uncredited)
- 1939Confessions of a Nazi Spy — Man in Montage Stuffing Mailboxes (uncredited)
- 1939Dark Victory — Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1939Devil's Island — Gendarme on Train
- 1939Espionage Agent — Man in O'Grady Crowd
- 1939Everything Happens at Night — Guide
- 1939Four Wives — Extra at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
- 1939Indianapolis Speedway — Extra on Dance Floor
- 1939Kid Nightingale — Man Leaving Dynamite Dennis Fight (uncredited)
- 1939King of the Underworld — Deputy Shooting Bill (uncredited)
- 1939Nancy Drew... Reporter — Newspaper Office Worker / Beldenburg Hotel Passerby (uncredited)
- 1939Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter — First Townsman
- 1939Naughty but Nice — Extra at Bar (uncredited)
- 1939On Your Toes — Extra as Stagehand
- 1939Pack Up Your Troubles — Doughboy
- 1939Secret Service of the Air — Waiter
- 1939Smashing the Money Ring — Day Gate Guard (uncredited)
- 1939The Cowboy Quarterback — Nightclub Waiter
- 1939The Oklahoma Kid — Would-Be Settler (uncredited)
- 1939The Roaring Twenties — Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
- 1939Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite — Landlord (uncredited)
- 1939Torchy Runs for Mayor — Store Customer (uncredited)
- 1939Women in the Wind — Airport Policeman / Mob Scene Extra (uncredited)
- 1938Blondes at Work — Locksmith (uncredited)
- 1938Crime School — Policeman Outside Judge Clinton's Office (uncredited)
- 1938Garden of the Moon — Graham - Waiter (uncredited)
- 1938Gateway — Immigrant
- 1938Girls on Probation — Policeman
- 1938Heart of the North — Post Customer (uncredited)
- 1938My Bill — Mr. Perry - Man at Bank (uncredited)
- 1938Over the Wall — Referee for Robeck Fight
- 1938Penrod's Double Trouble — Truck Driver Giving Penrod a Lift (uncredited)
- 1938Racket Busters — Truck Driver (uncredited)
- 1938The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse — Alarm Company Clerk (uncredited)
- 1938The Beloved Brat — Fireman
- 1938The Patient in Room 18 — Man with Sprinkler Hose (uncredited)
- 1937Alcatraz Island — Federal Officer (uncredited)
- 1937Charlie Chan at the Olympics — Polizei Officer
- 1937Confession — Bailiff (uncredited)
- 1937Expensive Husbands — Austrian Policeman at Jail
- 1937Fly Away Baby — George (uncredited)
- 1937Kid Galahad — Ringsider - 1st Fight (uncredited)
- 1937Love Is on the Air — Second 7-11 Club Waiter
- 1937Melody for Two — Green Hill Waiter
- 1937Midnight Court — Counter Clerk
- 1937Mountain Justice — Train Conductor
- 1937Public Wedding — Ticket Buyer for the Wedding
- 1937She Loved a Fireman — Spectator at Dance
- 1937Smart Blonde — Trooper Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1937Talent Scout — Furniture Department Man (uncredited)
- 1937The Go-Getter — Streetcar Conductor (uncredited)
- 1937The Great O'Malley — Policeman at Robbery (uncredited)
- 1937Tovarich — Trumpet Player
- 1937Varsity Show — Stagehand
- 1937Wine, Women and Horses — Dice-Game Player
- 1936China Clipper — Pan American Union Waiter (uncredited)
- 1936Here Comes Carter — Police Driver
- 1936I Married a Doctor — Party Guest
- 1936Jailbreak — Guard in Kitchen
- 1936Sons o' Guns — German Ordered to Retreat
- 1936The Golden Arrow — Waiter (uncredited)
- 1936The Singing Kid — Stagehand (uncredited)
- 1936The Walking Dead
- 1935'G' Men — Headwaiter (uncredited)
- 1935Bordertown — Man Restraining Johnny in Courtroom Fight
- 1935Dinky — Extra at Football Game
- 1935Don't Bet on Blondes — Man Leaving Betting Window (Uncredited)
- 1935Dr. Socrates — Townsman
- 1935Little Big Shot — Bystander at Shooting (uncredited)
- 1935Moonlight on the Prairie — Cowboy #1 in Saloon
- 1935Oil for the Lamps of China — Worried McCarger Employee
- 1935Stranded — Kolchak (uncredited)
- 1935The Florentine Dagger — Detective (uncredited)
- 1935The Goose and the Gander — Detective George (uncredited)
- 1934British Agent — Russian Policeman (uncredited)
- 1933Captured! — German Sergeant at POW Camp (Uncredited)
- 1933Luxury Liner — Ship's Diner (uncredited)
- 1933Today We Live — Ammunition Factory Clerk (uncredited)
- 1932Blonde Venus — Ship's Officer (uncredited)
- 1932One Way Passage — French Bartender (uncredited)
- 1931A College Racket
- 1931That's My Line — Henchman
- 1931The Nevada Buckaroo — Sheriff Hank
- 1930Won by a Neck — Cafe Owner
- 1929Joy Tonic
- 1929Whose Baby? — Cop
- 1928Loose Change
- 1928Love's Young Scream — Father
- 1928Ships of the Night — Cramsey
- 1928Smith's Army Life — The Drill Sergeant
- 1928The Dizzy Diver — The Commander
- 1927Drama Deluxe — The Sheriff
- 1927High Spots — The Smart Aleck
- 1927Jungle Heat
- 1927Listen Lena
- 1927Monty of the Mounted
- 1927Papa's Boy — The Foreman
- 1926Careful Please — (uncredited)
- 1926Fool's Luck — The Policeman (uncredited)
- 1926His Private Life — The Colonel
- 1926Home Cured
- 1926Honest Injun — The Foreman
- 1926Move Along — Cop
- 1926Movieland
- 1926My Stars — The Gardener
- 1926The General — Captain Anderson, Second Unit
- 1925Dynamite Doggie — (uncredited)
- 1925Fire Away
- 1925Keep Smiling — Doublecrosser
- 1925Navy Blue Days — Peter Vermicelli
- 1925Pie-Eyed — Nightclub manager
- 1925The Fighting Dude — The Athletic Instructor
- 1925The Iron Mule
- 1925The Movies — A Traffic Officer
- 1925The Sleuth — The Husband
- 1925The Snow Hawk — Midnight Mike
- 1925The Tourist — First Crook
- 1924Just a Good Guy — Pawnshop Owner
- 1924Lovemania
- 1924Meet Father
- 1923All Is Lost — Brutal Bill
- 1923Main Street — Harry Haydock
- 1923No Wedding Bells — An Irate Husband
- 1923The Man from Brodney's — Selim
- 1922Iron to Gold — Sloan
- 1922The Pest — The landlord
- 1921Skirts
- 1921Straight from the Shoulder — Pete
- 1921The Primal Law — Ruis
- 1920His Noisy Still
- 1920The Heart Snatcher
- 1919His Musical Sneeze — Woodrow Butts
- 1919The Yellow Dog Catcher
- 1918A Scrap of Paper — The Kaiser
- 1918The Cook — (uncredited)
- 1918The Kitchen Lady — The Lion Tamer
- 1918The Sheriff
- 1917A Bedroom Blunder — The Bartender
- 1917A Dog Catcher's Love — E.R. Ketchum - Fancy Dog Dealer
- 1917Are Waitresses Safe? — The Chef - Their Mutual Friend
- 1917Her Torpedoed Love — The Lawyer / The Ship Captain
- 1917Roping Her Romeo — Piano Player
- 1917That Night — The Hotel Guest
- 1917The Pawnbroker's Heart — The Pawnbroker
- 1917The Pullman Bride — The Pullman Waiter
- 1917The Rough House
- 1917Villa of the Movies — Villa
- 1916A Scoundrel's Toll — Director
- 1916Because He Loved Her — The Proprietor
- 1916Fatty and Mabel Adrift — I. Landem - Realtor
- 1916The Surf Girl — Poppa - the Angry Father
- 1915A Submarine Pirate — A shrewd inventor / Ship Captain
- 1915Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition — Jealous Husband (uncredited)
- 1915Fatty's New Role — Mustached Saloon Customer (uncredited)
- 1915Fatty's Tintype Tangle — Photographer
- 1915Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance — Waiter
- 1915Fatty’s Plucky Pup — Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1915Fatty’s Reckless Fling — House Detective
- 1915Fickle Fatty's Fall — The Cook
- 1915Hearts and Planets — Bald Astronomer
- 1915Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life — Organ Grinder (uncredited)
- 1915Mabel, Fatty and the Law — Tobacco Counter Clerk (uncredited)
- 1915Mabel’s Wilful Way — Mabel's Father
- 1915That Little Band Of Gold — Judge (uncredited)
- 1915When Love Took Wings — Police Dispatcher
- 1915Wished on Mabel — Plainclothesman in Park
- 1914Cruel, Cruel Love — Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
- 1914Fatty's Magic Pants — Cop (uncredited)
- 1914Gentlemen of Nerve — Spectator at Entrance / Cop (uncredited)
- 1914Getting Acquainted — A Passing Turk (uncredited)
- 1914He Loved the Ladies — Scenario Writer, Director
- 1914Her Friend the Bandit — (uncredited)
- 1914His New Profession — Drinker / Cripple (uncredited)
- 1914His Trysting Places — Cook / Park Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1914Mabel's Busy Day — Customer (uncredited)
- 1914Tango Tangles — Drummer in Band / Guest in Cone Hat (uncredited)
- 1914The Knockout — Society Singer (uncredited)
- 1914The Masquerader — Other Director (uncredited)
- 1914The New Janitor — Luke Connor - Gambler
- 1914Tillie's Punctured Romance — First Pianist in Restaurant / Cop / Guest in First Restaurant / Uncle's Rescuer / Society Guest (uncredited)
Appearances as themselves (1)
- 2026A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride — Self (Archival)