Josef Swickard
Actor · Since 1938
Known for
Josef Swickard is the sort of actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. 'You Can't Take It with You' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Professor. He started at 47. More of the credits fall under comedy than under anything else. 132 credits across 113 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Josef Swickard
Actor · Since 1938
132 Movies
Josef Swickard is the sort of actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. 'You Can't Take It with You' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Professor. He started at 47. More of the credits fall under comedy than under anything else. 132 credits across 113 years is a rate most careers never reach.
Movies
Plays Professor
You Can't Take It with You
1938
Plays Pierre Ronsard
The Verdict
1925
Plays Prime Minister Kruel
The Wizard of Oz
1925
Plays Marcelo Desnoyers
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
Plays Presidente Huenemo Mendoza
Dick Tracy's G-Men
1939
Plays Victim
Twenty Minutes of Love
1914
Plays Jonesy
The Girl Said No
1937
Plays Customer
A Lover's Lost Control
1915
Plays Tyba, The White Magician [Chs. 8-12]
The Return of Chandu
1934
Plays Major Henry Trent MD
Custer's Last Stand
1936
Plays Minta's Father
Fatty and Minnie He-Haw
1914
Plays Dean Todd
Cross Streets
1934
Plays Haggins, Foreign Consul
Perils of Pauline
1933
Plays Dr. Alexandre Manette
A Tale of Two Cities
1917
Plays Dr. Andrew Robert Taylor
Lash of the Penitentes
1936
Plays Duke Della Varnese
Don Juan
1926
Plays Narada - the Mystic
The Young Rajah
1922
Plays The Photographer
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
1915
Plays Duke of Albin
Get Your Man
1927
Plays Bee Master
The Keeper of the Bees
1925
Plays Tyba, the White Magician
Chandu on the Magic Island
1935
Plays Eugene Craig
Dante's Inferno
1924
Plays Mabel's Father
Fatty and Mabel’s Simple Life
1915
Plays Dr. Manyus
The Lost City
1935
Plays Don Hernandez de Vasquez
Old San Francisco
1927
Plays Police Chief
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
Plays Desk Sergeant
The Noise of Bombs
1914
Plays Marcio
The Age of Desire
1923
Plays Mary's Father, a Banker
Love, Loot and Crash
1915
Plays Patient
Laughing Gas
1914
Plays Grandfather
Those Country Kids
1914
Plays The Father
Shot in the Excitement
1914
Plays Restaurant Manager
The Rent Jumpers
1915
Plays Colonel Van Zandt
Maytime
1923
Plays Cleo's Father
Men
1924
Plays Verdugo Montford
Pal o' Mine
1924
Plays Sam Lacey
Opened Shutters
1921
Plays Desk Sergeant
Mabel, Fatty and the Law
1915
Plays Funeral Director
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
Plays The Girl's Father
Lover's Luck
1914
Plays Dutch Constable
The Narrow Corner
1933
Plays Federal narcotics agent
Narcotic
1933
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You Can't Take It with You
Full Filmography 132
The Pal from Texas
Texas Malden
1939
$1,000 a Touchdown
Hamilton McGlen Sr. (uncredited)
1939
Dick Tracy's G-Men
Presidente Huenemo Mendoza
1939
Mexicali Rose
Gonzales
1939
Say It in French
Old Man
1938
You Can't Take It with You
Professor
1938
The Girl Said No
Jonesy
1937
The Sheik Steps Out
Mohammedan Priest (uncredited)
1937
Sandflow
Banker Porter
1937
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Josef Swickard still alive?
Josef Swickard passed away on March 1, 1940 at age 73.
What are the most famous roles of Josef Swickard?
Josef Swickard is best known for roles in You Can't Take It with You, Tillie's Punctured Romance, Laughing Gas.
How many movies has Josef Swickard been in?
Over a 27-year career (since 1913), Josef Swickard has appeared in 132 movies and 0 TV shows.
What was Josef Swickard's first movie?
The career of Josef Swickard began with Cupid in a Dental Parlor (1913).
What is Josef Swickard's most recent movie or series?
Josef Swickard's most recent release is The Pal from Texas, which premiered on November 1, 1939.
Josef Swickard
1866-06-24 · Koblenz, Germany
Josef Swickard is the sort of actor with the unglamorous consistency that long careers are made of. 'You Can't Take It with You' sits at the front of the filmography, where he plays Professor. He started at 47. More of the credits fall under comedy than under anything else. 132 credits across 113 years is a rate most careers never reach.