Biography

A veteran stage and screen actor, Swickard was the brother of actor Charles Swickard. He entered films in 1912 and was playing supporting roles for Mack Sennett by 1914. He remained with Sennett until 1917 when he started numerous aristocratic roles in films. His career in sound films was somewhat limited and he played in low-budget and action serial type films. In 1939, his ex-wife, Broadway actress Margaret Campbell, was brutally murdered by their son. Swickard died a year later from natural causes, not, by jumping from the Hollywood sign as several accounts state.

Actor

The Mad Empress(1939)as Mexican Statesman with Father Fisher

The Great Victor Herbert(1939)as Newspaper Reporter

The Pal from Texas(1939)as Texas Malden

$1000 a Touchdown(1939)as Hamilton McGlen Sr.

Dick Tracy's G-Men(1939)as Presidente Huenemo Mendoza

Archive Footage

City of Lost Men(1966)as Dr. Manyus

City of Lost Men(1940)as Dr. Manyus

The Secret of Treasure Island(1938)as Passenger Ship Doctor

Custer's Last Stand(1936)as Maj. Henry Trent MD

Chandu on the Magic Island(1935)as Tyba - The White Magician

Known for

You Can't Take It with You1938 · Actor The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse1921 · Actor The Lost City1935 · Actor The Golden Stallion1927 · Actor

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Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Ted Edwards, and Josef Swickard in Hearts and Planets (1915)

Lionel Barrymore, Ann Doran, Eva McKenzie, Bodil Rosing, Christian Rub, and Josef Swickard in You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Alice Howell, Al St. John, and Josef Swickard in Shot in the Excitement (1914)

Edgar Kennedy and Josef Swickard in Get Rich Quick (1913)

Helen Parrish, Josef Swickard, and Frankie Thomas in A Dog of Flanders (1935)

Credit Score: Josef Swickard

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You Can't Take It with You

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Thu Sep 29 1938

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Wins	Noms	Votes
1	You Can't Take It with You	10.00	1938	•	7.8	2	7	30355
2	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse	4.88	1921	•	7.1	0	0	3828
3	Eagle of the Night	3.09	1928	•	5.4	0	0	19
4	The Lost City	2.60	1935	•	4.9	0	0	351
5	A Tale of Two Cities	2.50	1917	•	6.1	0	0	180
6	Stop, Look and Listen	2.38	1926	•	5.1	0	0	44
7	Custer's Last Stand	2.00	1936	•	4.8	0	0	262
8	The Wizard of Oz	2.00	1925	•	4.9	0	0	1939
9	The Storm	1.63	1922	•	0.0	0	0	0
10	The Golden Stallion	1.25	1927	•	0.0	0	0	0