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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1866-06-24 (158 years old)

Place of Birth

Koblenz, Germany

Josef Swickard

Biography:

Known For

Acting

1939

Dick Tracy's G-Men as Presidente Huenemo Mendoza
The Pal from Texas as Texas Malden
Mexicali Rose as Gonzales
$1,000 a Touchdown as Hamilton McGlen Sr. (uncredited)

1938

Say It in French as Old Man

1937

The Sheik Steps Out as Mohammedan Priest
Sandflow as Banker Porter

1936

Under Your Spell as Amigo (uncredited)
The Millionaire Kid as The Tutor
The Black Coin as Don Pedro Navarro
Custer's Last Stand as Major Henry Trent MD
Lash of the Penitentes as Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor
Custer's Last Stand as Maj. Henry Trent MD

1935

The Lost City as Dr. Manyus
Chandu on the Magic Island as Tyba, the White Magician

1934

The Return of Chandu as Tyba, The White Magician [Chs. 8-12]
Cross Streets as Dean Todd
Beloved as Revolutionist

1933

Narcotic as Federal narcotics agent
The Narrow Corner as Dutch Constable
Perils of Pauline as Haggins, Foreign Consul

1930

Phantom of the Desert as Colonel Van Horn
The Lone Defender as Juan Valdez

1929

Frozen River as Hazy
The Veiled Woman as Col. De Selincourt
The Phantom of the North as Colonel Rayburn

1928

Sharp Shooters as Grandpère
The Toy Shop as The toymaker (as Joseph Swickard)
Turn Back the Hours as Colonel Torreon
Compassion as Judge Henning

1927

Old San Francisco as Don Hernandez de Vasquez
Get Your Man as Duke of Albin
Time to Love as Elvire's father
Senorita as Don Francisco Hernandez
The Golden Stallion as John Forsythe

1926

Senor Daredevil as Juan Estrada
Three Pals as Col. Girard
Don Juan as Duke Della Varnese
The Border Whirlwind as Señor Jose Cordova
Desert Gold as Sebastian Castaneda

1925

Playing with Souls as Monsieur Jomier
The Mysterious Stranger as Raoul Lesage
The Northern Code as Père Le Blanc
The Wizard of Oz as Prime Minister Kruel
Fifth Avenue Models as Josef Ludant

1924

North of Nevada as Mark Ridgeway
Dante's Inferno as Eugene Craig
Pal o' Mine as Verdugo Montford
Defying the Law as Michelo Brescia
Men as Cleo's Father

1923

Bavu as Prince Markoff
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime as Estaban Juárez
Maytime as Colonel Van Zandt
The Eternal Struggle as Pierre Grange
Mothers-in-Law as Newton Wingate

1922

The Golden Gift as Leonati
The Young Rajah as Narada - the Mystic
My American Wife as Don Fernando DeContas
The Storm as Jacques Fachard

1921

Cheated Hearts as Colonel Fairfax Gordon
No Woman Knows as The Great Schabelitz
Sowing the Wind as Petworth
Serenade as Domingo Maticas

1920

Trumpet Island as Jacques de Merincourt

1919

A Woman of Pleasure as Reverend Goddard

1918

The White Man's Law as Suliman Ghengis (as Joseph Swickard)
When a Woman Sins as Mortimer

1917

A Tale of Two Cities as Dr. Alexandre Manette
His Mother's Boy as Tom Glenny (as Joseph Swickard)

1916

Haystacks and Steeples as The Minister
The Danger Girl as Old Man in Lobby (uncredited)
A Social Cub as The Knight of Old

1915

A Favorite Fool as The Farmer
Mabel, Fatty and the Law as Desk Sergeant
Ambrose's Nasty Temper as Police Chief
Willful Ambrose as O. Schmidt - Stein Dealer
Hearts and Planets as The Sky Gazer
Dirty Work in a Laundry as The Police Chief
Droppington's Family Tree as Justice of the Peace / Diner in Booth
A Submarine Pirate as Surplus Store Owner (uncredited)
Fatty's Tintype Tangle as The Photographer
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Only a Messenger Boy as The Chief of Police
Love, Loot and Crash as Mary's Father, a Banker
Love, Speed and Thrills as Police Chief
A Versatile Villain as The Sheriff
The Rent Jumpers as Restaurant Manager

1914

Laughing Gas as Patient
Those Country Kids as Grandfather
Zip, the Dodger as Ball Toss Operator
The Plumber as Mr. Felix - Home Owner
A Rowboat Romance as (unconfirmed)
An Incompetent Hero as The Police Chief
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw as Minta's Father
Lover's Luck as The Girl's Father
The Noise of Bombs as Desk Sergeant
Ambrose's First Falsehood as Funeral Director
Caught in a Cabaret as Mabel's Father (uncredited)
The Face on the Barroom Floor as Drinker (uncredited)
The Property Man as Old Stagehand (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance as Movie Spectator (uncredited)
The Thief and the Book as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather
A Sorority Initiation as John Adair - Mary's Father

1913

Cupid in a Dental Parlor as Ethel's Father