Al Ernest Garcia

from San Francisco, California, USA

Artwork for City LightsImage of 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.

Timeline

1938Aged 51

  • Poster for In Old Mexico

    Don Carlos Gonzalez

1937Aged 50

  • Poster for The Last Train from Madrid

    3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

  • Poster for I'll Take Romance

    Allan Garcia

  • Poster for Blossoms On Broadway

    Opera Patron (uncredited)

1936Aged 49

  • Poster for Modern Times

    President of the Electro Steel Corp.

  • Poster for The Gay Desperado

    Police Captain

1933Aged 46

  • Poster for The California Trail

    Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)

1932Aged 45

  • Poster for South of Santa Fe

    (as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez

  • Poster for The Gay Caballero

    Bandit

  • Poster for One Way Passage

    Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)

1931Aged 44

  • Poster for City Lights

    His Butler

  • Poster for The Cisco Kid

    Orderly (uncredited)

1930Aged 43

1929Aged 42

  • Poster for Morgan's Last Raid

    Morgan

1928Aged 41

  • Poster for The Circus

    The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master

1925Aged 38

  • Poster for The Power God

    Weston Dore

  • Poster for The Gold Rush

    Prospector (uncredited)

1922Aged 35

  • Poster for Pay Day

    Drinking Companion and Policeman

1921Aged 34

  • Poster for The Idle Class

    Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)

1920Aged 33

  • Poster for The Golden Trail

    Jean the Half-Breed

1919Aged 32

  • Poster for The Lamb and the Lion

    Red Baxter

  • Poster for Six Feet Four

    Ben Broderick

  • Poster for The Trail of the Octopus

    Wang

1918Aged 31

  • Poster for Restitution

    Lucifer and Satan

  • Poster for Baree, Son of Kazan

    'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)

  • Poster for A Gentleman's Agreement

    Manager of Mine

1917Aged 30

  • Poster for Sunlight's Last Raid

    Pedro

1915Aged 28

  • Poster for Young Romance

    Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)

  • Poster for The Country Boy

    Jimmy Michaelson

  • Poster for The Unafraid

    Joseph

  • Poster for Under Two Flags

    Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)

  • Poster for Her Atonement

    (Unknown)

1914Aged 27

1913Aged 26

  • Poster for Pierre of the North

    Baptiste

  • Poster for Indian Summer

    Jim

  • Poster for The Flight of the Crow

    Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)

1912Aged 25

  • Poster for Bounder

    Pete Lopez

1911Aged 24