Al Ernest Garcia
Born: 1887-03-11
• San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
Filmography
In Old Mexico
Blossoms On Broadway
I'll Take Romance
The Last Train from Madrid
The Gay Desperado
Modern Times
The California Trail
One Way Passage
The Gay Caballero
South of Santa Fe
The Cisco Kid
City Lights
No Image
The Big Trail
Morgan's Last Raid
The Circus
The Gold Rush
The Power God
Pay Day
The Idle Class
The Golden Trail
The Trail of the Octopus
Six Feet Four
The Lamb and the Lion
A Gentleman's Agreement
Baree, Son of Kazan
Restitution
Sunlight's Last Raid
Her Atonement
Under Two Flags
The Unafraid
The Country Boy
Young Romance
The Rose of the Rancho
The Flight of the Crow
Indian Summer
Pierre of the North
Bounder
Shipwrecked
Their Only Son
No Image
The Still Alarm