Portrait of Josef Swickard

Acting

Josef Swickard

Career

Active from 1913 to 1947, busiest in 1915 with 14 main titles.

Leading roles
28
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
GoodWatch score78/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 13 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.7 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Josef Swickard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.3, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Crime
    2.1, average 3.6
  • Tech & Humanity
    0.3, average 1.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Early Cinema 6
  • Historical Setting 4
  • Historical Drama 3
  • Silent Era Romance 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Parisian Setting 2
  • Emotional Pathos 2
  • Period Piece 2
  • Slapstick Comedy 2
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • Classic Western 2
  • Silent Film 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

152
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

1 title
The Way of the World
The Way of the World (1947)

as Patient (Archive Footage)

1930s

28 titles · average score 53
The Pal from Texas
The Pal from Texas (1939)

as Texas Malden

You Can't Take It with You
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
GoodWatch score 86

as Professor

Sandflow
Sandflow (1937)

as Banker Porter

Lash of the Penitentes
Lash of the Penitentes (1936)

as Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor

Caryl of the Mountains
Caryl of the Mountains (1936)

as Jean Foray

Custer's Last Stand
Custer's Last Stand (1936)

as Maj. Henry Trent MD

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)

as Lafe Turner

The Lost City
The Lost City (1935)
GoodWatch score 53

as Dr. Manyus

Cross Streets
Cross Streets (1934)

as Dean Todd

Phantom of the Desert
Phantom of the Desert (1930)

as Colonel Van Horn

The Lone Defender
The Lone Defender (1930)

as Juan Valdez

Song of the Caballero
Song of the Caballero (1930)

as Manuel

1920s

68 titles · average score 63
The Toy Shop
The Toy Shop (1928)

as The toymaker (as Joseph Swickard)

Sharp Shooters
Sharp Shooters (1928)

as Grandpère

Get Your Man
Get Your Man (1927)
GoodWatch score 63

as Duke of Albin

Old San Francisco
Old San Francisco (1927)
GoodWatch score 50

as Don Hernandez de Vasquez

Don Juan
Don Juan (1926)
GoodWatch score 68

as Duke Della Varnese

Three Pals
Three Pals (1926)

as Col. Girard

The Keeper of the Bees
The Keeper of the Bees (1925)

as Bee Master

Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno (1924)
GoodWatch score 52

as Eugene Craig

Pal o' Mine
Pal o' Mine (1924)

as Verdugo Montford

Cricket on the Hearth
Cricket on the Hearth (1923)

as Caleb Plummer

My American Wife
My American Wife (1922)

as Don Fernando DeContas

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
GoodWatch score 78

as Marcelo Desnoyers

1910s

55 titles · average score 52
When a Woman Sins
When a Woman Sins (1918)

as Mortimer

A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities (1917)

as Dr. Alexandre Manette

Love, Loot and Crash
Love, Loot and Crash (1915)

as Mary's Father, a Banker

Love, Speed and Thrills
Love, Speed and Thrills (1915)

as Police Chief

Dirty Work in a Laundry
Dirty Work in a Laundry (1915)

as The Police Chief

Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915)

as Police Chief

Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life (1915)
GoodWatch score 56

as Mabel's Father

The Plumber
The Plumber (1914)

as Mr. Felix - Home Owner

Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
GoodWatch score 53

as Victim

Laughing Gas
Laughing Gas (1914)
GoodWatch score 44

as Patient

Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw (1914)

as Minta's Father

Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids (1914)

as Grandfather