Years active 1911-1938 Role Actor | Name Al Garcia Spouse(s) unknown | |
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Full Name Allan Ernest Garcia Died September 4, 1938, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies The Circus, City Lights, Modern Times, The Idle Class, The Deceiver Similar People Roland Totheroh, Charlie Chaplin, Louis King, Jean Hersholt, Francis Boggs | ||
Al Ernest Garcia or also Allan Garcia (11 March 1887 – 4 September 1938) was an American actor and casting director, best known for his long association with Charlie Chaplin.
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Life and career
Allan Garcia appeared in over 120 films between 1911 and 1938, mostly in supporting roles. He frequently played in silent film westerns with stars like Leo Carrillo and Warner Baxter. Garcia also directed a short film named The Purple Scar in 1917, but it stayed his only work as a director. Born in California to Mexican parents, Garcia played in some Mexican films and also portrayed Mexicans in American films. With the advent of sound film, his roles were somewhat smaller, but he worked until his death as an actor.
Garcia is best remembered for his work with Charlie Chaplin. He acted with Chaplin in six films between 1921 and 1936. Chaplin cast him 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 director of the steel factory in Modern Times (1936) who is bored and plays with a puzzle while he demands maximum performances from his workers. The actor also worked as a Casting Director for Chaplin in The Circus, City Lights, and Modern Times. In contrast to his roles in Chaplin films, he engaged himself for better payment and more rights of supporting actors and bit players in films. He was the first chairman and co-founder of the Motion Picture Extras and Supporting Players Association which was originated in 1933.
1910s
1920s
1930s
Filmography
Actor
1938
In Old Mexico as
Don Carlos Gonzalez (as Allen Garcia)
1938
Blockade as
Minor Role (uncredited)
1937
Blossoms on Broadway as
Opera Patron (uncredited)
1937
I'll Take Romance as
Allan Garcia (uncredited)
1937
The Last Train from Madrid as
3rd Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
1936
The Gay Desperado as
Police Captain
1936
Modern Times as
President of the Electro Steel Corp. (as Allan Garcia)
1933
Under the Tonto Rim as
Mexican Police Chief (as Allan Garcia)
1933
The California Trail as
Sgt. Florez (as Allan Garcia)
1932
One Way Passage as
Honolulu Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1932
Marido y mujer as
Dr. Burgess
1932
The Gay Caballero as
Bandit (as Al Garcia)
1932
South of Santa Fe as
Captain Felipe Mendezez Gonzales Rodrigues (as Alan Garcia)
1931
Models and Wives (Short)
1931
The Deceiver as
Payne
1931
The Cisco Kid as
Orderly (uncredited)
1931
La gran jornada as
Flack aka El Rojo
1931
City Lights as
The Millionaire's Butler (as Allan Garcia)
1929
Morgan's Last Raid as
Morgan
1928
The Circus as
The Circus Proprietor and Ring Master (as Allan Garcia)
1925
The Gold Rush as
Prospector (uncredited)
1925
The Power God as
Weston Dore (as Allan Garcia)
1922
The Three Buckaroos as
'Card' Ritchie (as Allan Garcia)
1922
Pay Day (Short) as
Drinking Companion and Policeman
1921
The Idle Class (Short) as
Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
1921
Reputation as
Leading Man (stage sequence)
1920
Skyfire as
Pierre Piquet (as Al Garcia)
1920
The Golden Trail as
Jean the Half-Breed (as Al Garcia)
1919
The Counterfeit Trail (Short) as
Two Spot Joe (as Al E. Garcia)
1919
The Trail of the Octopus as
Wang (as Earnest Garcia)
1919
Six Feet Four as
Ben Broderick (as Al Garcia)
1919
The Lamb and the Lion as
Red Baxter (as Al Garcia)
1918
A Gentleman's Agreement as
Manager of Mine (as Al Garcia)
1918
Baree, Son of Kazan as
'Bush' McTaggart (as Al Garcia)
1918
Restitution as
Lucifer and Satan (as Alfred Garcia)
1917
Her Bargain
1917
Sunlight's Last Raid as
Pedro (as A. Garcia)
1917
The Purple Scar (Short)(as Al E. Garcia)
1917
The Single Code as
Rodman Wray (as Ernesto Garcia)
1916
The Greater Power (Short) as
Al Gordon (as Al E. Garcia)
1916
The Lion's Nemesis (Short) as
Karma (as Al Garcia)
1916
Clouds in Sunshine Valley (Short) as
Jim Carr (as Al E. Garcia)
1915
The Law at Silver Camp (Short) as
Paul Long - a Railway Surveyor
1915
Her Atonement as
John De Forrest
1915
Gangsters of the Hills (Short) as
Deering - of the Secret Service (as Al E. Garcia)
1915
Under Two Flags (Short) as
Rockingham (as Al E. Garcia)
1915
The Unafraid (Short) as
Joseph
1915
The Country Boy as
Jimmy Michaelson
1915
After Five (as Ernest Garcia)
1915
Young Romance as
Spagnoli (as Al Garcia)
1914
Rose of the Rancho as
Henchman (uncredited)
1914
A Strong Affair (Short) as
Mier - the Cobbler
1914
Kate Waters of the Secret Service (Short) as
Bronson (as Al E. Garcia)
1914
The Valley of the Moon as
Bart (as Ernest Garcia)
1913
The Big Horn Massacre (Short) as
Lt. Blake Stevens (as Ernest Garcia)
1913
With Eyes So Blue and Tender (Short) as
Silas Craig - the Rival (as Al Garcia)
1913
Cupid Makes a Bull's Eye (Short) as
The Minister
1913
An Equal Chance (Short) as
John Barrett (as Al Garcia)
1913
A Message from Home (Short) as
Judge Hoffman
1913
An Actor's Romance (Short) as
Rant - the Hungry Actor
1913
In the Midst of the Jungle (Short)(as Al E. Garcia)
1913
The Missionary and the Actress (Short) as
Charles Kane
1913
The Flight of the Crow (Short) as
Philip Moore - the Legal Advisor (as Al Garcia)
1913
The Mansion of Misery (Short) as
Prince Lorenzo
1913
The Reformation of Dad (Short) as
Al B. Stone - the Circus Manager (as Al E. Garcia)
1913
A Western Romance (Short) as
Victor Kellogg
1913
The Fighting Lieutenant (Short) as
Don Arguello
1913
Woman: Past and Present (Short) as
Father Time
1913
Indian Summer (Short) as
Jim
1913
The Stolen Melody (Short) as
Richard Davidge (as A.E. Garcia)
1913
The Tattle Battle (Short) as
1st Father
1913
Lieutenant Jones (Short) as
Capt. Stanleigh
1913
The Burglar Who Robbed Death (Short) as
Mr. Harrison
1913
The Tie of the Blood (Short) as
Mathews, A Half-Breed
1913
With Love's Eyes (Short) as
Dunwood - the Artist
1913
Margarita and the Mission Funds (Short) as
Ramon, an Outlaw
1913
The Spanish Parrot Girl (Short) as
Jose Raneros
1913
Yankee Doodle Dixie (Short) as
Parson Sneed (as Al E. Garcia)
1913
Pierre of the North (Short) as
Baptiste (as Al E. Garcia)
1913
The Artist and the Brute (Short) as
Hortez - the Animal Trainer (as Al E. Garcia)
1913
The Governor's Daughter (Short) as
The Prison Parson
1913
Altar of the Aztecs (Short) as
Joaquin - the Mexican Foreman (as Al Garcia)
1913
The Miner's Justice (Short) as
Bud Owens
1913
A Black Hand Elopement (Short)
1913
A Plain Girl's Love (Short) as
Jack Bloodgood (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
Our Lady of the Pearls (Short) as
Vincente (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Girl of the Mountains (Short) as
Jim - a Mountain Man (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
Saved by Fire (Short) as
J. Harden Stone
1912
Her Educator (Short) as
Jim O'Keefe (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
Getting Atmosphere (Short) as
The Actor / Tramp (as Al Garcia)
1912
Monte Cristo (Short) as
Fernand (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
An Assisted Elopement (Short) as
Brown - Tom's Chum (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Great Drought (Short) as
Dominguez
1912
The Pirate's Daughter (Short) as
Vargas - the First Mate
1912
The Pity of It (Short) as
William Ainslie (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Indelible Stain (Short) as
Juan (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Little Indian Martyr (Short) as
Chiquito's Father
1912
A Messenger to Kearney (Short) as
Palo Vasquez (as A.E. Garcia)
1912
The Vow of Ysobel (Short) as
Jose
1912
Goody Goody Jones (Short) as
3rd Policeman (as Al Garcia)
1912
A Reconstructed Rebel (Short) as
Dick Winston
1912
The Lost Hat (Short) as
The Hotel Clerk (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
A Humble Hero (Short) as
2nd Claim Jumper (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Hand of Fate (Short) as
Fritz (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The End of the Romance (Short) as
Jack Lee
1912
The Ones Who Suffer (Short) as
The Prison Warden (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The 'Epidemic' in Paradise Gulch (Short) as
Jack Knight
1912
Bounder (Short) as
Pete Lopez (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Danites (Short) as
Carter - a Danite (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
Disillusioned (Short) as
Henry George (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Test (Short) as
Dalton (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Bandit's Mask (Short) as
Pedro Ramirez (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
Merely a Millionaire (Short) as
Harry Nichols
1912
The Secret Wedding (Short) as
Leon Braun (as Al E. Garcia)
1912
The Cowboy's Adopted Child (Short) as
Dan Mason (as Al E. Garcia)
1911
An Evil Power (Short) as
Antonio Guiseppe (as Al E. Garcia)
1911
Old Billy (Short) as
Fire Commissioner Hewitt
1911
Shipwrecked (Short) as
Pierre Binbeau (as Albert E. Garcia)
1911
How Algy Captured a Wild Man (Short) as
Teddy Windleigh (as Albert Garcia)
1911
The Regeneration of Apache Kid (Short) as
The Apache Kid (as Albert Garcia)
1911
Their Only Son (Short) as
Guy Medford (as Albert Garcia)
1911
Slick's Romance (Short) as
Yuba Frank (as Al E. Garcia)
1911
Told in the Sierras (Short) as
John Strong - the Prospector (as Albert Garcia)
1911
The Herders (Short) as
Pedro
1911
The Still Alarm (Short) as
William Manley (as Frank Garcia)
1911
The Code of Honor (Short)
Miscellaneous
1936
Robin Hood of El Dorado (Spanish accent coach: Warner Baxter - uncredited)
1932
The Gay Caballero (dialectician - uncredited)
1931
The Cisco Kid (dialectician - uncredited) / (technical advisor - uncredited)
Casting Director
1936
Modern Times (uncredited)
1931
City Lights (uncredited)
1928
The Circus (uncredited)
Director
1917
The Purple Scar (Short) (as Al E. Garcia)
Writer
1912
The Old Stagecoach (Short)
Thanks
2012
Special Collector's Edition (TV Series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
- Comparativa: El Circo (2012) - (in memory of)
References
Al Ernest Garcia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA