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 1933.

Known For

Modern Times

City Lights

The Gold Rush

The Circus

Pay Day

Blossoms On Broadway

One Way Passage

The Last Train from Madrid

All Movies (41)

• In Old Mexico1938 · as Don Carlos Gonzalez
• Blossoms On Broadway1937 · as Opera Patron (uncredited)
• I'll Take Romance1937 · as Allan Garcia
• The Last Train from Madrid1937 · as 3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• The Gay Desperado1936 · as Police Captain
• Modern Times1936 · as President of the Electro Steel Corp.
• The California Trail1933 · as Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
• One Way Passage1932 · as Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
• The Gay Caballero1932 · as Bandit
• South of Santa Fe1932 · as (as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez
• The Cisco Kid1931 · as Orderly (uncredited)
• City Lights1931 · as His Butler
• The Big Trail1930 · as Flack aka El Rojo
• Morgan's Last Raid1929 · as Morgan
• The Circus1928 · as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
• The Gold Rush1925 · as Prospector (uncredited)
• The Power God1925 · as Weston Dore
• Pay Day1922 · as Drinking Companion and Policeman
• The Idle Class1921 · as Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
• The Golden Trail1920 · as Jean the Half-Breed
• The Trail of the Octopus1919 · as Wang
• Six Feet Four1919 · as Ben Broderick
• The Lamb and the Lion1919 · as Red Baxter
• A Gentleman's Agreement1918 · as Manager of Mine
• Baree, Son of Kazan1918 · as 'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
• Restitution1918 · as Lucifer and Satan
• Sunlight's Last Raid1917 · as Pedro
• Her Atonement1915
• Under Two Flags1915 · as Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
• The Unafraid1915 · as Joseph
• The Country Boy1915 · as Jimmy Michaelson
• Young Romance1915 · as Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)
• The Rose of the Rancho1914 · as Henchman
• The Valley of the Moon1914 · as Bart
• The Flight of the Crow1913 · as Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
• Indian Summer1913 · as Jim
• Pierre of the North1913 · as Baptiste
• Bounder1912 · as Pete Lopez
• Shipwrecked1911 · as Pierre Binbeau
• Their Only Son1911
• The Still Alarm1911 · as William Manley