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.
Films (40)
In Old Mexico
1938
Blossoms On Broadway
1937
I'll Take Romance
1937
The Last Train from Madrid
1937
The Gay Desperado
1936
Modern Times
1936
The California Trail
1933
One Way Passage
1932
The Gay Caballero
1932
South of Santa Fe
1932
The Cisco Kid
1931
City Lights
1931
The Big Trail
1930
Morgan's Last Raid
1929
The Circus
1928
The Gold Rush
1925
The Power God
1925
Pay Day
1922
The Idle Class
1921
The Golden Trail
1920
The Trail of the Octopus
1919
Six Feet Four
1919
The Lamb and the Lion
1919
A Gentleman's Agreement
1918
Baree, Son of Kazan
1918
Restitution
1918
Sunlight's Last Raid
1917
Her Atonement
1915
Under Two Flags
1915
The Unafraid
1915
The Country Boy
1915
Young Romance
1915
The Rose of the Rancho
1914
The Flight of the Crow
1913
Indian Summer
1913
Pierre of the North
1913
Bounder
1912
Shipwrecked
1911
Their Only Son
1911
The Still Alarm
1911