Josef Swickard
Acting1866Koblenz, Germany
Biography
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Known For
You Can't Take It with You
Professor
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie Spectator (uncredited)
Laughing Gas
Patient
Twenty Minutes of Love
Victim
Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel's Father (uncredited)
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Marcelo Desnoyers
The Wizard of Oz
Prime Minister Kruel
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Drinker (uncredited)
Acting History
1947
The Way of the World
as Patient (Archive Footage)
1939
Mexicali Rose
as Gonzales
Dick Tracy's G-Men
as Presidente Huenemo Mendoza
$1,000 a Touchdown
as Hamilton McGlen Sr. (uncredited)
The Pal from Texas
as Texas Malden
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Professor
Say It in French
as Old Man
1937
The Sheik Steps Out
as Mohammedan Priest (uncredited)
Sandflow
as Banker Porter
The Girl Said No
as Jonesy
1936
Custer's Last Stand
as Major Henry Trent MD
Caryl of the Mountains
as Jean Foray
The Millionaire Kid
as The Tutor
Lash of the Penitentes
as Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor
The Black Coin
as Don Pedro Navarro
Under Your Spell
as Amigo (uncredited)
Custer's Last Stand
as Maj. Henry Trent MD
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
as Lafe Turner
1935
Chandu on the Magic Island
as Tyba, the White Magician
The Lost City
as Dr. Manyus
1934
Beloved
as Revolutionist
The Return of Chandu
as Tyba, The White Magician [Chs. 8-12]
Cross Streets
as Dean Todd
1933
Narcotic
as Federal narcotics agent
Perils of Pauline
as Haggins, Foreign Consul
The Narrow Corner
as Dutch Constable
1930
Song of the Caballero
as Manuel
The Lone Defender
as Juan Valdez
Phantom of the Desert
as Colonel Van Horn
1929
Frozen River
as Hazy
The Devil's Chaplain
as The King
The Eternal Woman
as Ovaldo
The Phantom of the North
as Colonel Rayburn
The Veiled Woman
as Col. De Selincourt
Dark Skies
as Señor Moreno
1928
Compassion
as Judge Henning
Turn Back the Hours
as Colonel Torreon
The Toy Shop
as The toymaker (as Joseph Swickard)
Sharp Shooters
as Grandpère
Comrades
as John Burton
1927
Old San Francisco
as Don Hernandez de Vasquez
The Golden Stallion
as John Forsythe
One Increasing Purpose
as Old Gand
Get Your Man
as Duke of Albin
Senorita
as Don Francisco Hernandez
Time to Love
as Elvire's father
1926
Whispering Canyon
as Eben Beauregard
Don Juan
as Duke Della Varnese
The Unknown Cavalier
as Lingo
Senor Daredevil
as Juan Estrada
Desert Gold
as Sebastian Castaneda
The Border Whirlwind
as Señor Jose Cordova
Three Pals
as Col. Girard
The Night Patrol
as John Pendleton
1925
The Verdict
as Pierre Ronsard
The Mysterious Stranger
as Raoul Lesage
The Wizard of Oz
as Prime Minister Kruel
The Keeper of the Bees
as Bee Master
Fifth Avenue Models
as Josef Ludant
The Sign of the Cactus
as Old Man Hayes
Playing with Souls
as Monsieur Jomier
The Northern Code
as Père Le Blanc
She Wolves
as De Goncourt
1924
Men
as Cleo's Father
Dante's Inferno
as Eugene Craig
Pal o' Mine
as Verdugo Montford
Defying the Law
as Michelo Brescia
The Shadow of the East
as John Locke
North of Nevada
as Mark Ridgeway
Untamed Youth
as Pietro
1923
The Eternal Struggle
as Pierre Grange
Bavu
as Prince Markoff
The Cricket on the Hearth
as Caleb Plummer
Maytime
as Colonel Van Zandt
The Age of Desire
as Marcio
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
as Estaban Juárez
Mothers-in-Law
as Newton Wingate
Forgive and Forget
as John Standing
A Prince of a King
as Urbano
Daughters of the Rich
as Maud's Father
1922
The Young Rajah
as Narada - the Mystic
The Storm
as Jacques Fachard
My American Wife
as Don Fernando DeContas
Across the Dead-Line
as Abel
Another Man's Shoes
as Gouret
The Golden Gift
as Leonati
1921
No Woman Knows
as The Great Schabelitz
Cheated Hearts
as Colonel Fairfax Gordon
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Marcelo Desnoyers
Opened Shutters
as Sam Lacey
Sowing the Wind
as Petworth
Serenade
as Domingo Maticas
1920
Trumpet Island
as Jacques de Merincourt
The Beggar Prince
as Nodo
Moon Madness
as Latour
Blind Youth
as Pierre Monnier
The Third Generation
as Colonel Alden Van Dusen
1919
A Woman of Pleasure
as Reverend Goddard
The Lady of Red Butte
as Delicate Hanson
Pretty Smooth
as Judge
The Last of His People
as Baron Bonart
A Trick of Fate
as Raoul Garson
Snares of Paris
as De Brionne
1918
The Light of Western Stars
as Padre Marcos
When a Woman Sins
as Mortimer
The White Man's Law
as Suliman Ghengis (as Joseph Swickard)
The Keys of the Righteous
as Paul Manning
1917
The Soul of Satan
as Chicago Stone
His Mother's Boy
as Tom Glenny (as Joseph Swickard)
A Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Alexandre Manette
1916
Love on Skates
as Old Man in Lobby (uncredited)
A Social Cub
as The Knight of Old
Haystacks and Steeples
as The Minister
1915
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as The Photographer
A Submarine Pirate
as Surplus Store Owner (uncredited)
Willful Ambrose
as O. Schmidt - Stein Dealer
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel's Father
Hearts and Planets
as The Sky Gazer
Love, Loot and Crash
as Mary's Father, a Banker
A Lover's Lost Control
as Customer
Dirty Work in a Laundry
as The Police Chief
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
as Police Chief
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Desk Sergeant
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Police Chief
A Versatile Villain
as The Sheriff
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Droppington's Family Tree
as Justice of the Peace / Diner in Booth
The Rent Jumpers
as Restaurant Manager
Hogan's Romance Upset
as The Rival
A Favorite Fool
as The Farmer
Only a Messenger Boy
as The Chief of Police
Hogan the Porter
as Drunk
1914
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker (uncredited)
Laughing Gas
as Patient
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Movie Spectator (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Victim
The Property Man
as Old Stagehand (uncredited)
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Funeral Director
The Noise of Bombs
as Desk Sergeant
Shot in the Excitement
as The Father
Those Country Kids
as Grandfather
The Plumber
as Mr. Felix - Home Owner
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Minta's Father
Lover's Luck
as The Girl's Father
An Incompetent Hero
as The Police Chief
Zip, the Dodger
as Ball Toss Operator
A Rowboat Romance
as (unconfirmed)
A Sorority Initiation
as John Adair - Mary's Father
The Thief and the Book
as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel's Father (uncredited)
1913
Cupid in a Dental Parlor
as Ethel's Father