Josef Swickard

Actor Jun 24 (died age 73) Koblenz, Germany 1913–1947 (34 year career)

5.2 avg rating

Highest Rated

You Can't Take It with You

1938 · as Professor

7.5

Men

1924 · as Cleo's Father

7.2

Under Your Spell

1936 · as Amigo (uncredited)

7.0

Known For

Film

You Can't Take It with You

Professor

Film

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Marcelo Desnoyers

Film

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Movie Spectator (uncredited)

Film

Laughing Gas

Patient

Film

Twenty Minutes of Love

Victim

Film

Caught in a Cabaret

Mabel's Father (uncredited)

Film

The Wizard of Oz

Prime Minister Kruel

Film

The Property Man

Old Stagehand (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (161)

Movies (161)

The Way of the World

1947

as Patient (Archive Footage)

Mexicali Rose

1939

as Gonzales

6.0

Dick Tracy's G-Men

1939

as Presidente Huenemo Mendoza

3.7

$1,000 a Touchdown

1939

as Hamilton McGlen Sr. (uncredited)

2.0

The Pal from Texas

1939

as Texas Malden

You Can't Take It with You

as Professor

Say It in French

as Old Man

Sandflow

as Banker Porter

The Girl Said No

1937

as Jonesy

5.5

The Sheik Steps Out

1937

as Mohammedan Priest (uncredited)

4.0

Under Your Spell

1936

as Amigo (uncredited)

The Black Coin

as Don Pedro Navarro

Custer's Last Stand

as Major Henry Trent MD

4.5

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

as Lafe Turner

The Millionaire Kid

as The Tutor

Lash of the Penitentes

1936

as Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor

5.5

Caryl of the Mountains

1936

as Jean Foray

Custer's Last Stand

1936

as Maj. Henry Trent MD

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935

as Tyba, the White Magician

The Lost City

as Dr. Manyus

The Return of Chandu

as Tyba, The White Magician [Chs. 8-12]

Cross Streets

as Dean Todd

Beloved

as Revolutionist

Perils of Pauline

1933

as Haggins, Foreign Consul

5.7

Narcotic

1933

as Federal narcotics agent

The Narrow Corner

as Dutch Constable

The Lone Defender

as Juan Valdez

Mamba

1930

4.5

Song of the Caballero

1930

as Manuel

Phantom of the Desert

1930

as Colonel Van Horn

The Devil's Chaplain

1929

as The King

The Phantom of the North

1929

as Colonel Rayburn

The Eternal Woman

1929

as Ovaldo

Dark Skies

1929

as Señor Moreno

The Veiled Woman

1929

as Col. De Selincourt

Frozen River

1929

as Hazy

Dreary House

1929

Turn Back the Hours

1928

as Colonel Torreon

Sharp Shooters

1928

as Grandpère

Compassion

1928

as Judge Henning

Eagle of the Night

1928

5.0

The Toy Shop

1928

as The toymaker (as Joseph Swickard)

Comrades

1928

as John Burton

The Golden Stallion

1927

as John Forsythe

Senorita

1927

as Don Francisco Hernandez

Get Your Man

1927

as Duke of Albin

6.4

Time to Love

1927

as Elvire's father

One Increasing Purpose

1927

as Old Gand

Old San Francisco

1927

as Don Hernandez de Vasquez

5.3

The Unknown Cavalier

1926

as Lingo

Three Pals

1926

as Col. Girard

Desert Gold

1926

as Sebastian Castaneda

Don Juan

1926

as Duke Della Varnese

6.4

Senor Daredevil

1926

as Juan Estrada

The Kentucky Handicap

1926

Devil’s Dice

1926

The Border Whirlwind

1926

as Señor Jose Cordova

Whispering Canyon

1926

as Eben Beauregard

The High Flyer

1926

The Night Patrol

1926

as John Pendleton

The Verdict

1925

as Pierre Ronsard

Playing with Souls

1925

as Monsieur Jomier

The Wizard of Oz

1925

as Prime Minister Kruel

5.5

The Mysterious Stranger

1925

as Raoul Lesage

The Northern Code

1925

as Père Le Blanc

The Sign of the Cactus

1925

as Old Man Hayes

The Keeper of the Bees

1925

as Bee Master

Fifth Avenue Models

1925

as Josef Ludant

She Wolves

1925

as De Goncourt

Dante's Inferno

1924

as Eugene Craig

3.9

Untamed Youth

1924

as Pietro

Men

1924

as Cleo's Father

7.2

Pal o' Mine

1924

as Verdugo Montford

North of Nevada

1924

as Mark Ridgeway

The Shadow of the East

1924

as John Locke

Defying the Law

1924

as Michelo Brescia

The Cricket on the Hearth

1923

as Caleb Plummer

The Eternal Struggle

1923

as Pierre Grange

Mothers-in-Law

1923

as Newton Wingate

Bavu

1923

as Prince Markoff

Forgive and Forget

1923

as John Standing

A Prince of a King

1923

as Urbano

Maytime

1923

as Colonel Van Zandt

6.3

Daughters of the Rich

1923

as Maud's Father

The Age of Desire

1923

as Marcio

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime

1923

as Estaban Juárez

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1922

6.0

The Young Rajah

1922

as Narada - the Mystic

6.5

The Golden Gift

1922

as Leonati

My American Wife

1922

as Don Fernando DeContas

The Storm

1922

as Jacques Fachard

Another Man's Shoes

1922

as Gouret

Across the Dead-Line

1922

as Abel

Opened Shutters

1921

as Sam Lacey

No Woman Knows

1921

as The Great Schabelitz

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921

as Marcelo Desnoyers

6.6

Serenade

1921

as Domingo Maticas

Sowing the Wind

1921

as Petworth

Cheated Hearts

1921

as Colonel Fairfax Gordon

The Heart Snatcher

1920

5.8

Moon Madness

1920

as Latour

Trumpet Island

1920

as Jacques de Merincourt

5.0

Blind Youth

1920

as Pierre Monnier

The Third Generation

1920

as Colonel Alden Van Dusen

The Beggar Prince

1920

as Nodo

The Lady of Red Butte

1919

as Delicate Hanson

Pretty Smooth

1919

as Judge

A Woman of Pleasure

1919

as Reverend Goddard

A Trick of Fate

1919

as Raoul Garson

The Last of His People

1919

as Baron Bonart

Snares of Paris

1919

as De Brionne

The White Man's Law

1918

as Suliman Ghengis (as Joseph Swickard)

The Light of Western Stars

1918

as Padre Marcos

The Keys of the Righteous

1918

as Paul Manning

When a Woman Sins

1918

as Mortimer

1.0

His Mother's Boy

1917

as Tom Glenny (as Joseph Swickard)

A Tale of Two Cities

1917

as Dr. Alexandre Manette

4.8

The Soul of Satan

1917

as Chicago Stone

Haystacks and Steeples

1916

as The Minister

A Social Cub

1916

as The Knight of Old

The Danger Girl

1916

as Old Man in Lobby (uncredited)

5.5

Love, Loot and Crash

1915

as Mary's Father, a Banker

4.7

Only a Messenger Boy

1915

as The Chief of Police

Dirty Work in a Laundry

1915

as The Police Chief

5.0

Willful Ambrose

1915

as O. Schmidt - Stein Dealer

5.0

A Versatile Villain

1915

as The Sheriff

4.2

Mabel, Fatty and the Law

1915

as Desk Sergeant

3.9

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915

as Police Chief

5.0

Fatty's Tintype Tangle

1915

as The Photographer

5.6

Hogan's Romance Upset

1915

as The Rival

5.0

Hogan the Porter

1915

as Drunk

A Submarine Pirate

1915

as Surplus Store Owner (uncredited)

4.9

The Rent Jumpers

1915

as Restaurant Manager

4.7

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

1915

as Police Chief

5.0

Hearts and Planets

1915

as The Sky Gazer

A Favorite Fool

1915

as The Farmer

Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life

1915

as Minor Role (uncredited) (unconfirmed)

4.9

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life

1915

as Mabel's Father

5.2

A Lover's Lost Control

1915

as Customer

5.5

Droppington's Family Tree

1915

as Justice of the Peace / Diner in Booth

5.0

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914

as Funeral Director

4.2

The Plumber

1914

as Mr. Felix - Home Owner

Those Country Kids

as Grandfather

Laughing Gas

as Patient

Zip, the Dodger

as Ball Toss Operator

Caught in a Cabaret

1914

as Mabel's Father (uncredited)

5.7

The Property Man

1914

as Old Stagehand (uncredited)

Lover's Luck

as The Girl's Father

The Noise of Bombs

as Desk Sergeant

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914

as Victim

5.6

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw

1914

as Minta's Father

5.0

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1914

as Drinker (uncredited)

5.3

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

as Movie Spectator (uncredited)

6.1

An Incompetent Hero

1914

as The Police Chief

A Sorority Initiation

1914

as John Adair - Mary's Father

He Loved the Ladies

1914

The Thief and the Book

1914

as Mr. Jones - Bess's Grandfather

A Rowboat Romance

1914

as (unconfirmed)

Shot in the Excitement

1914

as The Father

5.0

Their First Execution

1913

Cupid in a Dental Parlor

1913

as Ethel's Father