Al Ernest Garcia

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.076

Gender

Male

Birthday

11-Mar-1887

Age

(138 years old)

Place of Birth

San Francisco, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Allan Ernest Garcia
  • Al E. Garcia
  • A.E. Garcia
  • Allan Garcia
  • Alan Garcia
  • Allen Garcia
  • Al Garcia
  • A. Garcia
  • Albert E. Garcia
  • Albert Garcia
  • Alfred Garcia
  • Ernesto Garcia
  • Ernest Garcia
  • Earnest Garcia
  • Frank Garcia

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.


Credits

Their Only Son Their Only Son (1911) Character: N/A
The parents of a young man who is wrongly accused of theft eventually find their son on a ship, where he is working as a sailor.
La gran jornada La gran jornada (1930) Character: Flack aka El Rojo
A large caravan of settlers attempt to cross the Oregon Trail. Spanish-language version of The Big Trail (1930) with an alternate cast and co-director, filmed simultaneously. Raul Coleman (named Breck Coleman in the U.S. version) leads settlers in covered wagons westward across the great prairie and mountains.
Indian Summer Indian Summer (1913) Character: Jim
A Confederate soldier battles with amnesia, vagrants, and tramps as he makes his way back home and to his sweetheart, Virginia.
The Still Alarm The Still Alarm (1911) Character: William Manley
John Bird and Franklyn Fordham were once business partners, but because of Bird’s shady dealings they part. After years of success for one and failure for the other, Bird takes drastic measures, resorting to arson before his scheme is thwarted.
Pierre of the North Pierre of the North (1913) Character: Baptiste
Pierre and Baptiste, French-Canadian half-breed trappers, are enamored of Mary, the factor's daughter. Both men propose to the girl, both are refused. Baptiste, mad with jealous rage, abducts the girl and carries her off to a lonely cabin in the wilderness. She defies him, throws his proffered ring at him and is chained to the floor to change her mind.
The Golden Trail The Golden Trail (1920) Character: Jean the Half-Breed
At the Golden Trail saloon in Alaska, Dave Langdon meets chorus girl Faro Kate who reminds him of his long-lost love, Jane Sunderlin. Meanwhile, back in the States, Harry Teal, scheming to steal a mine claim, hires Jane's brother Dick to do his dirty work in Alaska. After Jane accompanies her brother up North, Teal, who has designs on Jane, begins to fear that she will go back to Dave and so plots to discredit him by igniting the jealousy of Kate's admirer, Jim Sykes. Teal succeeds, and in the violent fight that erupts between Dave and Sykes, Sykes is shot by an unknown hand. While pursuing Sykes' assailant, Dave discovers Jane, but their reunion is cut short when Dave is arrested for the shooting.
A Gentleman's Agreement A Gentleman's Agreement (1918) Character: Manager of Mine
Allen Spargo, a mining engineer who is betrothed to Theresa Kane, goes West to make his fortune and is seriously injured in an accident. Kate Leonard, who falls in love with him while nursing him to recovery, jealously intercepts his fiancée's letters and then writes Theresa that Allen is dead.
Six Feet Four Six Feet Four (1919) Character: Ben Broderick
A cowboy matches the description of the man who robbed the local hotel--both are 6'4". When a young woman is robbed, suspicion falls on the cowboy again. However, he discovers that the actual culprits are a local gang headed by the sheriff. He sets out to capture the robbers and clear his name.
Her Atonement Her Atonement (1915) Character: N/A
Owner of a fashionable gambling den John De Forrest seeks out wealthy people and lures them to his gambling den with the help of Lil, a beautiful but heartless blonde once there they trick the moneyed suckers into losing their fortunes. When the joint is raided and a policeman accidently killed the pair take it on the lam and head towards very different destinies.
Restitution Restitution (1918) Character: Lucifer and Satan
The story of the perfect man and woman in Eden, and the temptation of Mother Eve by Lucifer. Many episodes are then presented showing how Satan, from the time of Eden until now, has sought to thwart God's purposes and how, ultimately, Satan will be overthrown, and how restitution blessings will then come to mankind.
The Unafraid The Unafraid (1915) Character: Joseph
In Montegro brothers Stefan and Michael kidnap American heiress Delight Warren. Stefan marries her so he can claim her wealth, but then they fall in love.
I'll Take Romance I'll Take Romance (1937) Character: Allan Garcia
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Bounder Bounder (1912) Character: Pete Lopez
Ruby Blackwell, typical young girl of Arizona, lives with her brother Tom, and their widowed mother in a cabin in the mountains. One day Tom takes Ruby on a lion hunt. They track a puma, or mountain lion. Tom shoots the beast, which, wounded, bounds into the canyon. Tom instructs Ruby to proceed to the ridge and await him there, while he follows the puma up the mountainside. Ruby discovers the cubs belonging to the puma which Tom has shot, and she immediately becomes so engrossed in playing with the huge kittens that she forgets the rendezvous her brother had appointed. Tom finally locates her. The cubs are taken home. They grow up around Ruby like friendly dogs. Pete Lopez, a bad Mexican, who admires Ruby very much, tries to steal one of them at night, after Ruby has refused to sell the animal to him, and the baby puma defends itself vigorously until Tom and Ruby rush to its rescue...
The Trail of the Octopus The Trail of the Octopus (1919) Character: Wang
Carter Holmes, master criminologist, must help the oft-kidnapped Ruth Stanhope to find the 9 daggers that will unlock the secret of the cursed Devil's Trademark!
The Rose of the Rancho The Rose of the Rancho (1914) Character: Henchman
Esra Kincaid takes land by force and, having taken the Espinoza land, his sights are set on the Castro rancho. Government agent Kearney holds him off till the cavalry shows up and he can declare his love for Juanita, called “the Rose of the Rancho.”
Morgan's Last Raid Morgan's Last Raid (1929) Character: Morgan
Dan Claibourne refuses to fight against his state when Tennessee secedes during the Civil War preliminaries. His sweetheart brands him a traitor. Dan joins Morgan's raiders of the Confederate Army and gets an opportunity to rescue the girl during a raid.
The Gay Desperado The Gay Desperado (1936) Character: Police Captain
Opera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps him (along with Jane, an heiress) so he can learn to become more like the American movie gangsters he admires.
Blossoms On Broadway Blossoms On Broadway (1937) Character: Opera Patron (uncredited)
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Baree, Son of Kazan Baree, Son of Kazan (1918) Character: 'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
From James Oliver Curwood's novel about a wolfdog.
One Way Passage One Way Passage (1932) Character: Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pacific crossing, each without knowing the other's secret.
The Idle Class The Idle Class (1921) Character: Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
City Lights City Lights (1931) Character: His Butler
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
The Cisco Kid The Cisco Kid (1931) Character: Orderly (uncredited)
The Cisco Kid rides again! This time, he robs a bank to save pretty widow Sally Benton and her ranch. After developing a good relationship with Sally’s children, he risks life and limb in order to save her little one.
The Gold Rush The Gold Rush (1925) Character: Prospector (uncredited)
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Under Two Flags Under Two Flags (1915) Character: Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
Tells the story of an English aristocrat, apparently in disgrace, who disappears and joins a French battalion in Algeria, loosely based on the Foreign Legion.
The Power God The Power God (1925) Character: Weston Dore
In this movie serial Professor Sturgess invents a miraculous engine which can draw unlimited power from the atoms of the air. When the professor is killed, his daughter and her fiance must fight to keep the secret of the power engine out of the hands of evil Weston Dore and his henchmen.
The Circus The Circus (1928) Character: The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Modern Times Modern Times (1936) Character: 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..
Young Romance Young Romance (1915) Character: Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)
Two young clerks in a department store meet and fall in love during a seaside vacation in Maine, but part as strangers because, unknown to each other, both had been masquerading as upper-class 'swells', just to see how the better half lives.
The California Trail The California Trail (1933) Character: Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be hung, he escapes and joins the peasants in their fight against the brothers and their troops...
South of Santa Fe South of Santa Fe (1932) Character: (as Capt. Garcia) Felipe Anunciado Menendez Gonzales Rodriguez
Stone kills Thorton but only gets one half of the map to Thorton's gold mine. Tom arrives and, trying to help Thorton's daughter Beth, sets out after Stone and the half of the map.
Pay Day Pay Day (1922) Character: Drinking Companion and Policeman
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
The Flight of the Crow The Flight of the Crow (1913) Character: Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
Old Morgan, an eccentric millionaire in a western city, has a dissipated young son. He has also a very sweet adopted daughter, Edwina. One day the son is waylaid near the railroad yards, stripped of a big "roll" and thrown unconscious into a box car.
The Gay Caballero The Gay Caballero (1932) Character: Bandit
Football star Ted Radcliffe goes west to manage an inherited cattle ranch. Empire builder and cattle thief Don Paco is hounded by El Coyote (who is really Don Bob) who now has a partner in Ted. Unfortunately Ted is also falling love with Don Paco's daughter Adela.
Shipwrecked Shipwrecked (1911) Character: Pierre Binbeau
Annie Jackson, living with her uncle, Horace Gregory, an old fisherman on Val Dez Island, is injured by an automobile. John Kingdon, who happens by, takes her in his machine to the hospital. There he learns to love her, but his advances are not wanted by her uncle, for his choice for his niece's hand is John Runyon. So when Annie returns to her home, and is told to marry Runyon, she refuses. In the meantime, Kingdon leaves for Honolulu. The vessel is wrecked. Kingdon, cast into the sea, clings half exhausted to a spar. By a trick of Fate, the wreck occurs on the rocks of Val Dez Island, and Annie sees the spar, rows out and succeeds in dragging it to shore, where Kingdon is recognized. The young people declare their love for each other, but Runyon plans to get Kingdon out of his way. The "best laid plans of mice and men gang aft aglee," and so Kingdon escapes the trap laid for him, and taking Annie with him to the mainland, they get married.
In Old Mexico In Old Mexico (1938) Character: Don Carlos Gonzalez
Escaped criminal "The Fox" hates Hoppy and a Rurales colonel for imprisoning him and lures Cassidy to Mexico in order to exact his vengeance.



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