
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/24/1866
Place of Birth
Koblenz, Germany
Also Known As
Josef Swickard
Biography
Known For

The Verdict
as Pierre Ronsard

The Storm
as Jacques Fachard

She Wolves
as De Goncourt

Frozen River
as Hazy

Untamed Youth
as Pietro

Mexicali Rose
as Gonzales

Bavu
as Prince Markoff

The Northern Code
as Père Le Blanc

Mamba
Unknown Role

Maytime
as Colonel Van Zandt

Cross Streets
as Dean Todd

You Can't Take It with You
as Professor

Beloved
as Revolutionist

Sandflow
as Banker Porter

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Marcelo Desnoyers

The Eternal Struggle
as Pierre Grange

Trumpet Island
as Jacques de Merincourt

Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Movie Spectator (uncredited)

Senorita
as Don Francisco Hernandez

The Wizard of Oz
as Prime Minister Kruel
Career Timeline
1939
1937
1936
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
as Lafe Turner
Under Your Spell
as Amigo (uncredited)
The Black Coin
as Don Pedro Navarro
Lash of the Penitentes
as Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor
Custer's Last Stand
as Maj. Henry Trent MD
Caryl of the Mountains
as Jean Foray
The Millionaire Kid
as The Tutor
Custer's Last Stand
as Major Henry Trent MD
1934
1933
1930
1929
1928
1927
1926
1925
The Northern Code
as Père Le Blanc
The Keeper of the Bees
as Bee Master
The Mysterious Stranger
as Raoul Lesage
Playing with Souls
as Monsieur Jomier
Fifth Avenue Models
as Josef Ludant
She Wolves
as De Goncourt
The Verdict
as Pierre Ronsard
The Wizard of Oz
as Prime Minister Kruel
1924
1923
Maytime
as Colonel Van Zandt
The Eternal Struggle
as Pierre Grange
Forgive and Forget
as John Standing
Mothers-in-Law
as Newton Wingate
The Age of Desire
as Marcio
The Cricket on the Hearth
as Caleb Plummer
Bavu
as Prince Markoff
Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
as Estaban Juárez
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
1916
1915
A Submarine Pirate
as Surplus Store Owner (uncredited)
A Favorite Fool
as The Farmer
Only a Messenger Boy
as The Chief of Police
A Lover's Lost Control
as Customer
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
as The Photographer
Dirty Work in a Laundry
as The Police Chief
A Versatile Villain
as The Sheriff
Love, Loot and Crash
as Mary's Father, a Banker
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
as Police Chief
Droppington's Family Tree
as Justice of the Peace / Diner in Booth
The Rent Jumpers
as Restaurant Manager
Willful Ambrose
as O. Schmidt - Stein Dealer
Hearts and Planets
as The Sky Gazer
Hogan's Romance Upset
as The Rival
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
Hogan the Porter
as Drunk
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
as Desk Sergeant
Love, Speed and Thrills
as Police Chief
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
as Mabel's Father
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Movie Spectator (uncredited)
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
as Minta's Father
Ambrose's First Falsehood
as Funeral Director
The Plumber
as Mr. Felix - Home Owner
The Noise of Bombs
as Desk Sergeant
An Incompetent Hero
as The Police Chief
Shot in the Excitement
as The Father
Zip, the Dodger
as Ball Toss Operator
He Loved the Ladies
Role unknown
Lover's Luck
as The Girl's Father
Those Country Kids
as Grandfather
The Face on the Barroom Floor
as Drinker (uncredited)
The Property Man
as Old Stagehand (uncredited)
Laughing Gas
as Patient
A Rowboat Romance
as (unconfirmed)
Caught in a Cabaret
as Mabel's Father (uncredited)
Twenty Minutes of Love
as Victim
The Thief and the Book
as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather
A Sorority Initiation
as John Adair - Mary's Father