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Josef Swickard

Date of birth: 1866-06-24

Place of birth: Koblenz, Germany

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Joe Swickard, Joseph Swickard , Joseph Swickart, Peter Josef Schwickerath

Josef Swickard

Biography

Movie Credits

Laughing Gas
2.8

Laughing Gas

1914-07-09

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anest

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
3.3

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1921-03-06

Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine f

Cheated Hearts
0

Cheated Hearts

1921-12-12

Barry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that caused

Sharp Shooters
0

Sharp Shooters

1928-01-15

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his shi

One Increasing Purpose
0

One Increasing Purpose

1927-01-02

Stars Edmund Lowe as WWI veteran Slim Paris. Though most of his comrades died in battle, Paris retur

The Devil's Chaplain
0

The Devil's Chaplain

1929-03-02

Escaping from a revolution, the King of a mythical Balkan country heads to the United States. Here h

The White Man's Law
0

The White Man's Law

1918-05-06

Japanese leading man Sessue Hayakawa stars as John A. Ghengle, the Oxford-educated son of an Arab ch

No Woman Knows
0

No Woman Knows

1921-09-19

In Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two child

Phantom of the Desert
0

Phantom of the Desert

1930-11-01

Horses are being stolen by a white stallion known as "The Phantom of the Desert." A cowboy sets out

North of Nevada
0

North of Nevada

1924-02-24

When old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to

Playing with Souls
0

Playing with Souls

1925-04-30

Amy and Matthew Dale separate and they place their young son, Matthew Jr., in a London boarding scho

The Lost City
2.5

The Lost City

1935-03-06

An evil scientist invents a earthquake machine and plots to take over the world from his base in Afr

Bavu
0

Bavu

1923-05-07

An illiterate, uncouth brute rises to power during the Russian Revolution, plots to wreak vengeance

Haystacks and Steeples
0

Haystacks and Steeples

1916-10-01

A farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.

Frozen River
0

Frozen River

1929-04-20

Canine star Rin Tin Tin makes his all-talking (all-barking?) debut in Warner Bros.' Frozen River. In

Those Country Kids
2

Those Country Kids

1914-08-19

Although Mabel’s parents disapprove of Roscoe and Mabel’s relationship, the two still secretly court

Zip, the Dodger
0

Zip, the Dodger

1914-10-17

Zip is a young man whose job is to dodge baseballs at a resort concession. To impress a young lady u

The Plumber
0

The Plumber

1914-12-09

This Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing issues

A Favorite Fool
0

A Favorite Fool

1915-11-14

Arling, ringmaster of a small wagon circus, abuses Polly and her seven children. Foy, a farmhand, sy

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
3

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

1936-12-01

A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.

Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1.9

Mabel, Fatty and the Law

1915-01-18

When Mabel catches her husband flirting with their maid, it leads to a sharp dispute. As part of mak

Ambrose's Nasty Temper
2.5

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

1915-04-16

Ambrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter

Willful Ambrose
2.5

Willful Ambrose

1915-03-01

Marksman Ambrose accidentally shoots a beer stein his wife has bought for him as a gift, so he tries

Twenty Minutes of Love
2.8

Twenty Minutes of Love

1914-04-20

Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that

The Return of Chandu
2.3

The Return of Chandu

1934-10-01

Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is about

The Veiled Woman
0

The Veiled Woman

1929-04-14

A woman tells a girl who's just been rescued from a notorious rake, four stories of men from her own

Under Your Spell
3.5

Under Your Spell

1936-11-06

A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bri

Hearts and Planets
0

Hearts and Planets

1915-02-20

A 1915 short film directed by Walter Wright.

Chandu on the Magic Island
2.4

Chandu on the Magic Island

1935-01-01

On the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to sacrifice so

Dirty Work in a Laundry
2.5

Dirty Work in a Laundry

1915-07-19

After a dastardly villain steals milk from a baby, he tries to put the heroine through a laundry pre

A Rowboat Romance
0

A Rowboat Romance

1914-07-06

A Rowboat Romance is a 1914 Comedy short.

An Incompetent Hero
0

An Incompetent Hero

1914-11-12

Fatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a

Cross Streets
2.9

Cross Streets

1934-07-05

A man falls in love with a young woman, only to discover that she's the daughter of an ex-girlfriend

Cupid in a Dental Parlor
0

Cupid in a Dental Parlor

1913-04-21

Harold is in love with Ethel Parks, but finds scant favor with her father, Parks always manages to g

The Light of Western Stars
0

The Light of Western Stars

1918-11-01

A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is

The Millionaire Kid
2.5

The Millionaire Kid

1936-03-13

The Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are prep

Caryl of the Mountains
0

Caryl of the Mountains

1936-03-27

Funds are embezzled and a fur trapper is murdered. Rin Tin Tin to the rescue!

Sowing the Wind
0

Sowing the Wind

1921-04-01

When Rosamond, a convent girl, discovers that her mother is Baby Brabant, a notorious queen of Petwo

The Girl Said No
2.7

The Girl Said No

1937-09-18

Jimmie Allen, a shady bookie, is in love with Pearl Proctor, a greedy dance hall girl. He schemes to

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
2.5

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw

1914-12-20

Fatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles along

The Black Coin
3

The Black Coin

1936-09-01

Government agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden treasure

Custer's Last Stand
2.3

Custer's Last Stand

1936-01-02

Kit Cardigan seeks the killer of his father...among other plot threads leading up to the famous hist

Lover's Luck
2.3

Lover's Luck

1914-09-15

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.

Droppington's Family Tree
2.5

Droppington's Family Tree

1915-04-11

Pa Droppington sneaks out of the house to go to the theatre. Amid comic capers he is smitten by a da

You Can't Take It with You
3.8

You Can't Take It with You

1938-09-01

Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony K

The Lone Defender
0

The Lone Defender

1930-03-04

A prospector is murdered by The Cactus Kid and his gang, who hope to find the murdered man's goldmin

Narcotic
1.7

Narcotic

1933-08-01

A once-promising doctor begins a downward spiral, finding himself in opium dens, a carnival freak sh

The Golden Gift
0

The Golden Gift

1922-02-06

Nita, a former singer, loses her voice and husband. To support her child, she becomes a cafe dancer.

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime
0

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime

1923-03-19

Mr. Billings Spends His Dime is a silent comedy film.

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe
3

The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

1922-03-27

An 18-part silent American adventure film serial now considered to be lost. Chapter Titles: 1. The

Serenade
0

Serenade

1921-08-01

In the Spanish town of Magdalena live María and her sweetheart, Pancho, son of the governor. When th

The Unknown Cavalier
0

The Unknown Cavalier

1926-11-14

Tom Drury, a cowboy whose quick thinking stops a notorious outlaw, "The Hawk," from further misdeeds

Senor Daredevil
0

Senor Daredevil

1926-08-01

Don Luis O'Flagherty (Ken Maynard), a daredevil comes to the rescue of his long-lost father, "Tiger"

Song of the Caballero
0

Song of the Caballero

1930-06-29

After El Lobo robs Don Jose he gives one of the stolen items to Conchita. Later when he saves Anita

Maytime
3.2

Maytime

1923-11-17

Ottilie Van Zandt is forced to wed her cousin, despite her love for Richard Wayne, the gardener's so

Mamba
2.3

Mamba

1930-03-09

August Bolte, the richest man in a settlement in German East Africa in the period before World War I

Old San Francisco
2.6

Old San Francisco

1927-09-04

In San Francisco, a villainous landowner with underworld connections seeks to steal the property of

Their First Execution
0

Their First Execution

1913-05-14

A new electric chair has been installed in the prison, and the officials impatiently await the first

Shot in the Excitement
2.5

Shot in the Excitement

1914-10-26

Keystone short about two suitors getting into an increasingly, cartoonishly violent fight over a wom

The Noise of Bombs
2.5

The Noise of Bombs

1914-11-19

Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.

Ambrose's First Falsehood
2.1

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914-12-12

After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's tak

A Submarine Pirate
2.5

A Submarine Pirate

1915-12-26

A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion.

A Lover's Lost Control
2.8

A Lover's Lost Control

1915-08-02

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy.

Lash of the Penitentes
2.8

Lash of the Penitentes

1936-04-13

Fact and fiction collide in this exploitation flick that employs documentary footage depicting the b

The Mysterious Stranger
0

The Mysterious Stranger

1925-07-05

Raoul Lesage suspects his wife, April, of infidelity with Herman Bennett, an artist, and forsakes he

Three Pals
0

Three Pals

1926-01-05

The daughter of a Kentucky colonel returns from her European finishing school to help prove his inno

Caught in a Cabaret
2.8

Caught in a Cabaret

1914-04-27

Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a

The Face on the Barroom Floor
2.6

The Face on the Barroom Floor

1914-08-10

A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, f

The Property Man
2.8

The Property Man

1914-08-01

Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets

Tillie's Punctured Romance
3

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914-12-21

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large ban

Fatty's Tintype Tangle
2.8

Fatty's Tintype Tangle

1915-07-26

Hubby and wifey are in love, but he's henpecked by her mother. A nip of whiskey gives him Dutch cour

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
2.6

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life

1915-01-17

Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry

Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life
2.5

Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life

1915-02-10

When a woman's husband leaves town, she begins to see odd things happening in her house. Afraid that

The Toy Shop
0

The Toy Shop

1928-12-22

Cinematographer Ray Rennahan utilized the two-strip Technicolor process for this film, but either su

The Heart Snatcher
2.9

The Heart Snatcher

1920-03-01

A farce in which the poor Lamo has to flee after he tries to rob a rich cinema operator. While on th

Dick Tracy's G-Men
1.9

Dick Tracy's G-Men

1939-09-02

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in pri

Get Your Man
3.2

Get Your Man

1927-12-06

A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in an

The Young Rajah
3.3

The Young Rajah

1922-11-11

A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by

Only a Messenger Boy
0

Only a Messenger Boy

1915-08-23

Keystone silent comedy.

The Pal from Texas
0

The Pal from Texas

1939-11-01

The Pal From Texas features the diminutive screen cowboy attempting to prevent old prospector pal fr

Love, Loot and Crash
2.4

Love, Loot and Crash

1915-04-23

A flustered father seeks a cook for his kitchen, his daughter seeks to elope and a pair of crooks se

Mexicali Rose
3

Mexicali Rose

1939-03-26

Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage

The Sheik Steps Out
2

The Sheik Steps Out

1937-09-05

In this comedy, a wealthy sheik kidnaps and falls for a snobby socialite.

Love, Speed and Thrills
2.5

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915-01-18

After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with

A Versatile Villain
2.1

A Versatile Villain

1915-05-29

After being falsely accused of theft, Pete, the station master's assistant, rescues his girlfriend f

The Rent Jumpers
2.4

The Rent Jumpers

1915-04-07

The plot is driven by the confusion that results when two pairs of trousers are mixed up. One pair i

The Northern Code
0

The Northern Code

1925-10-13

When drunken Canadian trapper Raoul La Fane attacks his young wife Marie, she takes a shot at him. L

Don Juan
3.2

Don Juan

1926-08-06

If there was one thing that Don Juan de Marana learned from his father Don Jose, it was that women g

Hogan the Porter
0

Hogan the Porter

1915-02-08

A porter works hard in an understaffed hotel.

Eagle of the Night
2.5

Eagle of the Night

1928-10-20

1928 was the last year when silent films dominated the market, and this aviation-based action serial

The Wizard of Oz
2.7

The Wizard of Oz

1925-02-12

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

A Woman of Pleasure
0

A Woman of Pleasure

1919-11-09

Alice Dane, a struggling English schoolteacher, is swept into a dangerous and complex marriage with

He Loved the Ladies
0

He Loved the Ladies

1914-09-21

Custer's Last Stand
0

Custer's Last Stand

1936-04-02

The feature length version of the serial by the same name. A mystical medicine arrow, the key to a l

Say It in French
0

Say It in French

1938-11-25

An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married

Time to Love
0

Time to Love

1927-06-18

Alfred Sava-Goiu, who, after being dumped by his sweetheart, philosophically decides to end it all b

The Border Whirlwind
0

The Border Whirlwind

1926-11-15

A film directed by John P. McCarthy

The Age of Desire
0

The Age of Desire

1923-09-01

Janet Loring is a young widow with a young son. She marries millionaire Malcolm Trask, but doesn't t

My American Wife
0

My American Wife

1922-12-31

Manuel La Tessa, son of a wealthy South American family, meets Natalie Chester, a young Kentucky wom

Dante's Inferno
2

Dante's Inferno

1924-09-07

The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit su

The Danger Girl
2.8

The Danger Girl

1916-08-24

Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bo

A Tale of Two Cities
2.4

A Tale of Two Cities

1917-03-10

At the outbreak of the French Revolution, Charles Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned forme

Senorita
0

Senorita

1927-04-01

The Eternal Struggle
0

The Eternal Struggle

1923-10-08

Believing she's responsible for the death of her would-be seducer, a young woman flees to North Vanc

The Keeper of the Bees
0

The Keeper of the Bees

1925-09-06

A bee keeper does his best to help the army. This film is lost.

Hogan's Romance Upset
2.5

Hogan's Romance Upset

1915-02-13

Charles Murray out romancing in the park.

When a Woman Sins
0.5

When a Woman Sins

1918-09-28

Lilian is engaged to an older man in poor health when she meets his son Michael, whom she falls for.

The Narrow Corner
2.8

The Narrow Corner

1933-07-08

An Englishman sought for murder, tries to escape fate to South Seas island.

$1,000 a Touchdown
1

$1,000 a Touchdown

1939-10-04

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each to

The Storm
0

The Storm

1922-09-04

When two men, one from the city the other a trapper and a woman are trapped in a cabin in the Northw

Fifth Avenue Models
0

Fifth Avenue Models

1925-04-26

A model in an expensive clothing shop quarrels with another model, and an expensive gown is ruined.

Turn Back the Hours
0

Turn Back the Hours

1928-03-01

Turn Back the Hours is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring

His Mother's Boy
0

His Mother's Boy

1917-12-24

After his father dies amidst rumors that he was an oil swindler, Matthew Denton goes to Texas to dis

A Social Cub
0

A Social Cub

1916-07-16

A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria S

Pal o' Mine
0

Pal o' Mine

1924-03-15

Opera singer Julia Montfort (Irene Rich) returns to the stage when her husband, Verdugo Montford (Jo

The Phantom of the North
0

The Phantom of the North

1929-05-27

In the great white north, a trapper searchers for the thief who has been stealing his furs while a l

Another Man's Shoes
0

Another Man's Shoes

1922-11-06

To evade a gang conspiring to assassinate him, wealthy businessman Stuart Granger induces his unsusp

Trumpet Island
2.5

Trumpet Island

1920-09-01

Richard moves to a remote island to escape from the memory of Eve. Who had been forced to marry anot

Defying the Law
0

Defying the Law

1924-06-03

Discouraged with life, Michelo throws his daughter Lucia into the sea, but she falls into a fisherma

Men
3.6

Men

1924-05-04

Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into c

The Golden Stallion
0

The Golden Stallion

1927-01-15

The search for a lost gold mine hinges on a secret branded onto the neck of a great horse, White Fur

Sandflow
0

Sandflow

1937-02-14

Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day west

Beloved
0

Beloved

1934-01-22

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

Desert Gold
0

Desert Gold

1926-03-22

George Thorne is a young army lieutenant at a border post. He is in love with Mercedes Castanada who

Across the Dead-Line
0

Across the Dead-Line

1922-01-09

Gilead is a lumber town that is dominated by two branches of the Kidder family: the puritanical, ult

Perils of Pauline
2.9

Perils of Pauline

1933-11-05

A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the

Opened Shutters
0

Opened Shutters

1921-08-12

When her father, an indigent artist, dies, Sylvia Lacey goes to live with her Aunt Martha and her un

The Eternal Woman
0

The Eternal Woman

1929-03-18

Olive Borden returns home to Buenos Aires and discovers her father has been murdered and her sister

The Shadow of the East
0

The Shadow of the East

1924-01-27

Barry Craven meets former sweetheart Gillian Locke, who is visiting India with her father. Craven's

The Thief and the Book
0

The Thief and the Book

1914-01-24

Young thief “The Bat” to distract an old bookseller, while his partner, “The Fly,” robs the till, pu

A Sorority Initiation
0

A Sorority Initiation

1914-01-10

The students at Riverdale Girls' Seminary, although typically well-behaved, care about public opinio

Mothers-in-Law
0

Mothers-in-Law

1923-09-09

Farmer's son David Wingate marries city girl Vianna Courtleigh over his parents' objections. Her fat

Compassion
0

Compassion

1928-03-26

Devil’s Dice
0

Devil’s Dice

1926-10-05

A gambler shoots a man in self defense and receives a prison sentence. Upon release, he disguises as

The Cricket on the Hearth
0

The Cricket on the Hearth

1923-08-11

Tells of Caleb Plummer, his son Edward and blind daughter Bertha, and rivalry over neighbor May Fiel

The Way of the World
0

The Way of the World

1947-01-01

A long-retired director of early silent films recalls his exciting career as a filmmaker.

The Beggar Prince
0

The Beggar Prince

1920-01-25

A humble fisherman's girlfriend is kidnapped by an egotistical prince tricked into believing he has

Pretty Smooth
0

Pretty Smooth

1919-06-16

Gertie Jones, known among other thieves as "The Chatterbox" because she talks to herself while she w

Dark Skies
0

Dark Skies

1929-12-10

Untamed Youth
0

Untamed Youth

1924-05-05

Robert Ardis, a small-town youth studying for the ministry, encounters a visiting Gypsy, Marcheta, a

Forgive and Forget
0

Forgive and Forget

1923-09-15

A woman, Mrs. Cameron (Estelle Taylor), is blackmailed by her lover's roommate, Blake (Philo McCullo

She Wolves
0

She Wolves

1925-04-26

In France, a romantic young woman named Germaine is shocked and disheartened to discover that, for f

The Verdict
0

The Verdict

1925-04-16

Carol Kingsley and Jimmy Mason, who are both employed in a fashion emporium run by Pierre Ronsard, f

The Lady of Red Butte
0

The Lady of Red Butte

1919-05-18

The mind of theology student Webster Smith becomes unbalanced from strain.

Moon Madness
0

Moon Madness

1920-07-12

Zora, a girl of French origin, is raised by a wealthy Bedouin family after her mother Valerie dies w