Al Ernest Garcia
Acting Born Mar 11, 1887 San Francisco, California, USA 24 credits
Biography
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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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Frequent co-stars
Jiří Kodet
9 shared titles
Landon Liboiron
5 shared titles
João Signorelli
4 shared titles
Charlie Chaplin
3 shared titles
Henry Bergman
3 shared titles
Vlastimil Brodský
3 shared titles
Jiří Menzel
2 shared titles
Tiny Sandford
2 shared titles
Hank Mann
2 shared titles
Stanley Blystone
2 shared titles
Career timeline
In Old Mexico
Blossoms On BroadwayThe Last Train from MadridI'll Take Romance
Modern TimesThe Gay Desperado
The California Trail
One Way PassageThe Gay Caballero
City LightsThe Cisco Kid
Morgan's Last Raid
The Circus
The Gold Rush
Pay Day
The Idle Class
The Trail of the OctopusThe Lamb and the Lion
Restitution
The Country Boy
The Valley of the Moon
Pierre of the NorthIndian Summer
Shipwrecked
Full filmography
- Modern Times (1936) as President of the Electro Steel Corp.
- City Lights (1931) as His Butler
- The Gold Rush (1925) as Prospector (uncredited)
- The Circus (1928) as The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
- Pay Day (1922) as Drinking Companion and Policeman
- Blossoms On Broadway (1937) as Opera Patron (uncredited)
- One Way Passage (1932) as Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
- The Last Train from Madrid (1937) as 3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- The Idle Class (1921) as Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
- The Cisco Kid (1931) as Orderly (uncredited)
- I'll Take Romance (1937) as Allan Garcia
- The Gay Desperado (1936) as Police Captain
- The Valley of the Moon (1914) as Bart
- The California Trail (1933) as Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
- Pierre of the North (1913) as Baptiste
- Shipwrecked (1911) as Pierre Binbeau
- Restitution (1918) as Lucifer and Satan
- The Country Boy (1915) as Jimmy Michaelson
- The Trail of the Octopus (1919) as Wang
- In Old Mexico (1938) as Don Carlos Gonzalez
- The Gay Caballero (1932) as Bandit
- Morgan's Last Raid (1929) as Morgan
- Indian Summer (1913) as Jim
- The Lamb and the Lion (1919) as Red Baxter