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Al Ernest Garcia

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Al Ernest Garcia

Born March 11, 1887 in San Francisco, California, USADied September 4, 193841 films

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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.

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Modern Times posterFirst watchModern Times19368.3as President of the Electro Steel Corp.A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
City Lights poster8.2City Lights1931The Gold Rush poster8.0The Gold Rush1925The Circus poster7.9The Circus1928Pay Day poster7.0Pay Day1922The Idle Class poster6.8The Idle Class1921One Way Passage poster7.3One Way Passage1932

Filmography

41 films as actor
  1. 1938In Old MexicoDon Carlos Gonzalez
  2. 1937Blossoms On BroadwayOpera Patron (uncredited)
  3. 1937I'll Take RomanceAllan Garcia
  4. 1937The Last Train from Madrid3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
  5. 1936The Gay DesperadoPolice Captain
  6. 1936Modern TimesPresident of the Electro Steel Corp.
  7. 1933The California TrailSgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
  8. 1932One Way PassageHonolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
  9. 1932The Gay CaballeroBandit
  10. 1932South of Santa Fe(as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez
  11. 1931The Cisco KidOrderly (uncredited)
  12. 1931City LightsHis Butler
  13. 1930The Big TrailFlack aka El Rojo
  14. 1929Morgan's Last RaidMorgan
  15. 1928The CircusThe Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
  16. 1925The Gold RushProspector (uncredited)
  17. 1925The Power GodWeston Dore
  18. 1922Pay DayDrinking Companion and Policeman
  19. 1921The Idle ClassCop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
  20. 1920The Golden TrailJean the Half-Breed
  21. 1919The Trail of the OctopusWang
  22. 1919Six Feet FourBen Broderick
  23. 1919The Lamb and the LionRed Baxter
  24. 1918A Gentleman's AgreementManager of Mine
  25. 1918Baree, Son of Kazan'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
  26. 1918RestitutionLucifer and Satan
  27. 1917Sunlight's Last RaidPedro
  28. 1915Her Atonement
  29. 1915Under Two FlagsRockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
  30. 1915The UnafraidJoseph
  31. 1915The Country BoyJimmy Michaelson
  32. 1915Young RomanceSpagnoli (as Al Garcia)
  33. 1914The Rose of the RanchoHenchman
  34. 1914The Valley of the MoonBart
  35. 1913The Flight of the CrowPhilip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
  36. 1913Indian SummerJim
  37. 1913Pierre of the NorthBaptiste
  38. 1912BounderPete Lopez
  39. 1911ShipwreckedPierre Binbeau
  40. 1911Their Only Son
  41. 1911The Still AlarmWilliam Manley