Josef Swickard
You Can't Take It with You
as ProfessorAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
Movie pageThe Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Marcelo DesnoyersSet in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich...
Movie pageThe Wizard of Oz
as Prime Minister KruelA farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
Movie pageLaughing Gas
as PatientAlthough only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much...
Movie pageCaught in a Cabaret
as Mabel's Father (uncredited)Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He...
Movie pageTillie's Punctured Romance
as Movie Spectator (uncredited)A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large...
Movie pageBeloved
as RevolutionistStory about four generations in a family of musicians.
Movie pageCaryl of the Mountains
as Jean ForayFunds are embezzled and a fur trapper is murdered. Rin Tin Tin to the rescue!
Movie pageThe Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker (uncredited)A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy...
Movie pageDick Tracy's G-Men
as Presidente Huenemo MendozaA mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in...
Movie pageThe Property Man
as Old Stagehand (uncredited)Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who...
Movie pageTwenty Minutes of Love
as VictimCharlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks...
Movie pageCheated Hearts
as Colonel Fairfax GordonBarry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that...
Movie pageMen
as Cleo's FatherCleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her...
Movie pagePerils of Pauline
as Haggins, Foreign ConsulA famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has...
Movie pageFatty's Tintype Tangle
as The PhotographerHubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch...
Movie pageDon Juan
as Duke Della VarneseIf there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that...
Movie pageMaytime
as Colonel Van ZandtOttilie Van Zandt is forced to wed her cousin, despite her love for Richard Wayne, the...
Movie page$1,000 a Touchdown
as Hamilton McGlen Sr. (uncredited)A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...
Movie pageSenor Daredevil
as Juan EstradaDon Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father,...
Movie pageLash of the Penitentes
as Dr. Andrew Robert TaylorFact and fiction collide in this exploitation flick that employs documentary footage depicting...
Movie pageNarcotic
as Federal narcotics agentA once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival...
Movie pageDesert Gold
as Sebastian CastanedaDesert Gold is a 1926 silent American Western film directed by George B. Seitz. According to...
Movie pageSerenade
as Domingo MaticasIn the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor....
Movie pageThe Plumber
as Mr. Felix - Home OwnerThis Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing...
Movie pageCuster's Last Stand
as Major Henry Trent MDKit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous...
Movie pageThe Return of Chandu
as Tyba, The White Magician [Chs. 8-12]Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is...
Movie pageSharp Shooters
as GrandpèreA "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his...
Movie pageThe Boss Rider of Gun Creek
as Lafe TurnerA man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
Movie pageA Social Cub
as The Knight of OldA Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring...
Movie pageAcross the Dead-Line
as AbelGilead is a lumber town that is dominated by two branches of the Kidder family: the puritanical,...
Movie pageSay It in French
as Old ManAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are...
Movie pageMexicali Rose
as GonzalesGene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission...
Movie pageSandflow
as Banker PorterDirector Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day...
Movie pageJimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He...
Movie pageBavu
as Prince MarkoffAn illiterate, uncouth brute rises to power during the Russian Revolution, plots to wreak...
Movie pageThe Narrow Corner
as Dutch ConstableAn Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.
Movie pageLove, Loot and Crash
as Mary's Father, a BankerA flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of...
Movie pageA Submarine Pirate
as Surplus Store Owner (uncredited)A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.
Movie pageCuster's Last Stand
as Maj. Henry Trent MDThe feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to...
Movie pageMabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)When a woman's husband leaves town, she begins to see odd things happening in her house. Afraid...
Movie pageSowing the Wind
as PetworthWhen Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of...
Movie pageGet Your Man
as Duke of AlbinA young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in...
Movie pageSong of the Caballero
as ManuelAfter El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves...
Movie pageFifth Avenue Models
as Josef LudantA model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is...
Movie pageOld San Francisco
as Don Hernandez de VasquezIn San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property...
Movie pageOne Increasing Purpose
as Old GandStars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris...
Movie pageFatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel's FatherFatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to...
Movie pageA Tale of Two Cities
as Dr. Alexandre ManetteAt the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned...
Movie pageUnder Your Spell
as Amigo (uncredited)A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to...
Movie pageThe Eternal Woman
as OvaldoOlive Borden returns home to Buenos Aires and discovers her father has been murdered and her...
Movie pagePlaying with Souls
as Monsieur JomierAmy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding...
Movie pageHogan's Romance Upset
as The RivalCharles Murray out romancing in the park.
Movie pageTurn Back the Hours
as Colonel TorreonTurn Back the Hours is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and...
Movie pageFrozen River
as HazyCanine star Rin Tin Tin makes his all-talking (all-barking?) debut in Warner Bros.' Frozen...
Movie pageThe Noise of Bombs
as Desk SergeantFour miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.
Movie pageCross Streets
as Dean ToddA man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an...
Movie pageThe Veiled Woman
as Col. De SelincourtA woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her...
Movie pageAmbrose's First Falsehood
as Funeral DirectorAfter running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's...
Movie pageThe Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
as uncreditedAn 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1....
Movie pageMamba
as uncreditedAugust Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World...
Movie pageThree Pals
as Col. GirardThe daughter of a Kentucky colonel returns from her European finishing school to help prove his...
Movie pageOpened Shutters
as uncreditedWhen her father, an indigent artist, dies, Sylvia Lacey goes to live with her Aunt Martha and...
Movie pageThe Young Rajah
as Narada - the MysticA young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken...
Movie pageThose Country Kids
as GrandfatherThose Country Kids is a 1914 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and...
Movie pageThe Golden Stallion
as John ForsytheThe search for a lost gold mine hinges on a secret branded onto the neck of a great horse, White...
Movie pageLove, Speed and Thrills
as Police ChiefAfter Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting...
Movie pageThe Millionaire Kid
as The TutorThe Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are...
Movie pageAmbrose's Nasty Temper
as Police ChiefAmbrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive...
Movie pageThe Lost City
as Dr. ManyusAn evil scientist invents a earthquake machine and plots to take over the world from his base in...
Movie pageLover's Luck
as The Girl's FatherA Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.
Movie pageWhen a Woman Sins
as MortimerLilian is engaged to an older man in poor health when she meets his son Michael, whom she falls...
Movie pageMabel, Fatty and the Law
as Desk SergeantWhen Mabel catches her husband flirting with their maid, it leads to a sharp dispute. As part of...
Movie pageDante's Inferno
as Eugene CraigThe tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to...
Movie pageThe Unknown Cavalier
as LingoTom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further...
Movie pageThe Eternal Struggle
as Pierre GrangeBelieving she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North...
Movie pagePal o' Mine
as Verdugo MontfordOpera singer Julia Montfort (Irene Rich) returns to the stage when her husband, Verdugo Montford...
Movie pageNo Woman Knows
as The Great SchabelitzIn Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two...
Movie pageShot in the Excitement
as The FatherKeystone short about two suitors getting into an increasingly, cartoonishly violent fight over a...
Movie pageChandu on the Magic Island
as Tyba, the White MagicianOn the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to...
Movie pageHis Mother's Boy
as Tom Glenny (as Joseph Swickard)After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to...
Movie pageThe Lone Defender
as Juan ValdezA prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man's...
Movie pageTime to Love
as Elvire's fatherAlfred Sava-Goiu, who, after being dumped by his sweetheart, philosophically decides to end it...
Movie pageWillful Ambrose
as O. Schmidt - Stein DealerMarksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he...
Movie pageThe Black Coin
as Don Pedro NavarroGovernment agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden...
Movie pageA Versatile Villain
as The SheriffAfter being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his...
Movie pageThe Pal from Texas
as Texas MaldenThe Pal From Texas features the diminutive screen cowboy attempting to prevent old prospector...
Movie pageA Lover's Lost Control
as CustomerMr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.
Movie pageThe Light of Western Stars
as Padre MarcosA friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who...
Movie pageThe Danger Girl
as Old Man in Lobby (uncredited)Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her...
Movie pageThe Devil's Chaplain
as The KingEscaping from a revolution, the King of a mythical Balkan country heads to the United States....
Movie pageThe Shadow of the East
as John LockeBarry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father....
Movie pageThe Age of Desire
as MarcioJanet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but...
Movie pageTrumpet Island
as Jacques de MerincourtRichard moves to a remote island to escape from the memory of Eve. Who had been forced to marry...
Movie pagePhantom of the Desert
as Colonel Van HornHorses are being stolen by a white stallion known as "The Phantom of the Desert." A cowboy sets...
Movie pageThe Rent Jumpers
as Restaurant ManagerThe plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One...
Movie pageMr. Billings Spends His Dime
as Estaban JuárezMr. Billings Spends His Dime is a silent comedy film.
Movie pageFatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Minta's FatherFatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles...
Movie pageEagle of the Night
as uncredited1928 was the last year when silent films dominated the market, and this aviation-based action...
Movie pageNorth of Nevada
as Mark RidgewayWhen old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead...
Movie pageThe Keeper of the Bees
as Bee MasterA bee keeper does his best to help the army.
Movie pageThe Border Whirlwind
as Señor Jose CordovaA film directed by John P. McCarthy
Movie pageThe Toy Shop
as The toymaker (as Joseph Swickard)Cinematographer Ray Rennahan utilized the two-strip Technicolor process for this film, but...
Movie pageHaystacks and Steeples
as The MinisterA farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
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