Glen Cavender (September 19, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American film actor.
He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1949.
Biography
Glen Cavender was born in
Tucson, Arizona
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, and died in
Hollywood, California
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. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original
Keystone Cops
The Keystone Cops (often spelled "Keystone Kops") are fictional, humorously incompetent policemen featured in silent film slapstick comedies produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917.
History
The idea for the ...
and was a regular in numerous
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian-American film actor, director, and producer, and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'.
Born in Danville, Quebec, in 1880, he started in films in the ...
comedies. He also worked as a director for three Mack Sennett films between 1914 and 1916. During the 1920s, Cavender worked for the film studios Educational and Christie and appeared in
Buster Keaton
Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is best known for his silent film work, in which his trademark was physical comedy accompanied by a stoic, deadpan expression ...
's film classic ''
The General'' (1926) as the antagonistic Union Captain Anderson. The advance of sound film in the late 1920s damaged his career and, formerly a well-known actor, Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949.
Selected filmography
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Cruel, Cruel Love
''Cruel, Cruel Love'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin.
Plot
Chaplin plays a character quite different from the Little Tramp for which he would become famous. In this short Keysto ...
'' (1914, Short) - Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
* ''
Dough and Dynamite
''Dough and Dynamite'' is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.
Plot
The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant. Charlie is especially inept and his comic ...
'' (1914, Short) - Head Striking Baker
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Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) - 1st Pianist in restaurant (uncredited)
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Mabel, Fatty and the Law
''Mabel, Fatty and the Law'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and directed by Fatty Arbuckle. The film is also known as ''Fatty, Mabel and the Law'' (American alternative title) and ''Fatty's Spoon ...
'' (1915, Short) - Tobacco Counter Clerk (uncredited)
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Fatty's New Role
''Fatty's New Role'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Plot summary
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Hobo
* Mack Swain as Ambrose Schnitz
* Joe Bordeaux
* Glen Cavender
* Bobby Dunn
* Billy Gilber ...
'' (1915, Short) - Mustached Saloon Customer (uncredited)
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Fatty's Reckless Fling
''Fatty's Reckless Fling'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty
* Edgar Kennedy as Neighbor
* Minta Durfee as Neighbor's Wife
* Katherine Griffith as Fatty's Wife ...
'' (1915, Short) - House Detective
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Fatty's Chance Acquaintance
''Fatty's Chance Acquaintance'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Plot summary
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty
* Billie Bennett as Fatty's wife
* Harry McCoy as Pickpocket
* Minta Durfee a ...
'' (1915, Short) - Waiter
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Fatty's Faithful Fido
''Fatty's Faithful Fido'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. The silent movie, from the Keystone Film Company, has no onscreen cast and crew credits. The copyright credits Mack Sennett.
Cast
* Roscoe ...
'' (1915, Short)
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That Little Band of Gold
''That Little Band of Gold'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and starring Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Ford Sterling.
Plot
As described in a film magazine, Hubby decides to steal a night off away from ...
'' (1915, Short) - Judge (uncredited)
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Wished on Mabel
''Wished on Mabel'' is a 1915 American silent comedy short or "one-reeler" filmed at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California, and directed by Mabel Normand. The short also co-stars Normand and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Plot
This "farce c ...
'' (1915, Short) - Plainclothesman in Park
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Mabel's Wilful Way
''Mabel's Wilful Way'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle, starring Mabel Normand and Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Mabel Normand as Mabel
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle as Fatty
* Joe Bordeaux as Cop
* Glen Cavender
* Alice ...
'' (1915, Short) - Mabel's Father
* ''
Fatty's Tintype Tangle
''Fatty's Tintype Tangle'' is a 1915 comedy short film (2 reel). A man (Fatty), tired of his mother-in-law's henpecking, leaves home in anger and sits on a park bench, where a photographer takes a picture of him sitting next to a married woman, ...
'' (1915, Short) - Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
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Fickle Fatty's Fall
''Fickle Fatty's Fall'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Phyllis Allen
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
* Glen Cavender
* Ivy Crosthwaite
* Alice Davenport
* Bobby Dunn
* Minta Durfee
* May Emory
...
'' (1915, Short) - Cook
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Fatty and the Broadway Stars
''Fatty and the Broadway Stars'' is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
* Ivy Crosthwaite
* Mack Sennett
* Joe Weber
* Lew Fields
* Sam Bernard
* William Collier Sr.
* Joe ...
'' (1915, Short) - Man Hit by Coat at Sennett's Office
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A Submarine Pirate
''A Submarine Pirate'' is a 1915 American short comedy film starring Syd Chaplin and featuring an early uncredited appearance by Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Syd Chaplin as Ambitious waiter
* Wesley Ruggles as The inventor's accomplice
* Glen Cavende ...
'' (1915, Short) - A Shrewd Inventor / Ship Captain
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Fatty and Mabel Adrift
''Fatty and Mabel Adrift'' is a 1916 Keystone short comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, and Al St. John.
Plot
The story involves Arbuckle as a farm boy marrying his sweetheart, Normand. They have their honeymoon with ...
'' (1916, Short) - I. Landem - Realtor
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The Rough House
''The Rough House'' is a 1917 American two-reel silent comedy film written by, directed by, and starring both Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton. ''The Rough House'' was Keaton's first film as a director.
Plot
Mr Rough (Arbuckle) falls a ...
'' (1917, Short)
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The Pullman Bride
''The Pullman Bride'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
Cast
* Gloria Swanson as The Girl
* Mack Swain as The Chosen One
* Chester Conklin as A Rejected Suitor
* Laura La Varnie a ...
'' (1917, Short) - The Pullman Waiter
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The Cook'' (1918, Short)
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The Sheriff
''The Sheriff'' is a 1918 American short comedy film directed by and starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The film is considered to be lost. '' (1918, Short)
* ''
A Scrap of Paper
''A Scrap of Paper'' is a 1918 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Cast
* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Fatty
* Glen Cavender - The Kaiser
* Al St. John - The Crown Prince
* Monty Banks - Soldier
See also
* Fatty ...
'' (1918, Short) - The Kaiser
* ''
Skirts
A skirt is the lower part of a dress or a separate outer garment that covers a person from the waist downwards.
At its simplest, a skirt can be a draped garment made out of a single piece of fabric (such as pareos). However, most skirts are fi ...
'' (1921)
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Hearts of Youth
''Hearts of Youth'' is a lost 1921 American silent film based on the novel ''Ishmael'' by E. D. E. N. Southworth. The film was directed by Tom Miranda and Millard Webb, with Webb writing the adaption for the screen. The movie stars Harold Good ...
'' (1921) - Reuben Grey
* ''Straight from the Shoulder'' (1921) - Pete
* ''Little Miss Hawkshaw'' (1921) - Sock Wolf
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What Love Will Do
''What Love Will Do'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by William K. Howard and starring Edna Murphy, Johnnie Walker and Barbara Tennant.Solomon p.272
Cast
* Edna Murphy as Mary Douglas
* Johnnie Walker as Johnny Rowan
* Glen Cave ...
'' (1921) - Abner Rowan
* ''The Primal Law'' (1921) - Ruis
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Iron to Gold
''Iron to Gold'' is a lost 1922 American silent Western film produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Based on a short story by Max Brand, writing as George Owen Baxter, the film starred Dustin Farnum and was directed by Bernard J. Du ...
'' (1922) - Sloan
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The Pest'' (1922, Short) - The landlord
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No Wedding Bells
''No Wedding Bells'' is a 1923 American silent short comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Cast
* Larry Semon as Larry
* Lucille Carlisle as The Girl
* Oliver Hardy as The Girl's Father (credited as Babe Hardy)
* Spencer Bell as The Butler
* ...
'' (1923, Short) - An Irate Husband
* ''Our Alley'' (1923)
* ''
Main Street'' (1923) - Harry Haydock
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The Man from Brodney's
''The Man from Brodney's'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by David Smith and starring J. Warren Kerrigan, Alice Calhoun, and Wanda Hawley. It was produced and released by the Vitagraph Company of America.
Plot
As described in ...
'' (1923) - Selim
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Pie-Eyed
''Pie-Eyed'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel. The film is made at the peak of the Prohibition era so is dealing with "illegal activity" even if it is in a humorous manner. The club owner appears a mix of Gene Tunney ...
'' (1925, Short) - Nightclub manager
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The Iron Mule'' (1925, Short)
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The Snow Hawk
''The Snow Hawk'' is a 1925 film directed by Scott Pembroke and Joe Rock and starring Stan Laurel.
Cast
* Stan Laurel - Mountie
* Glen Cavender - Midnight Mike
* Julie Leonard - Storekeeper's daughter
See also
* List of American films of 192 ...
'' (1925, Short) - Midnight Mike
* ''
Navy Blue Days
''Navy Blue Days'' is a 1925 American film starring Stan Laurel.
Cast
* Stan Laurel as Stan
* Julie Leonard as Grenadine
* Glen Cavender as Pete Vermicelli
See also
* List of American films of 1925
* Stan Laurel filmography This is a list of f ...
'' (1925, Short) - Pete Vermicelli
* ''
The Sleuth'' (1925, Short) - The Husband
* ''
Keep Smiling'' (1925) - Doublecrosser
* ''
The Tourist'' (1925, short)
* ''
Manhattan Madness'' (1925) - 'Broken Nose' Murphy
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The Movies
''The Movies'' is a business simulation game created by Lionhead Studios for Microsoft Windows and ported to Mac OS X by Feral Interactive. Players run a Hollywood film studio, creating films that can be exported from the game. ''The Movies'' wa ...
'' (1925, Short) - A Traffic Officer
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The Fighting Dude'' (1925, Short) - The Athletic Instructor
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My Stars
''My Stars'' is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle.
Cast
* Johnny Arthur as The Boy
* Florence Lee as His Mother
* Virginia Vance as The Girl
* George Davis as The Butler
* Glen Cavender as The Gardener
See also
* Fatty ...
'' (1926, Short) - The Gardener
* ''
Home Cured
''Home Cured'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Roscoe Arbuckle. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood under his own name, so he adopted the ...
'' (1926, Short)
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His Private Life'' (1926, Short) - The Colonel
* ''
The General'' (1926) - Union Captain Anderson
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Listen Lena
''Listen Lena'' is a 1927 American comedy film directed by Clem Beauchamp. According to the Internet Movie Database, Fatty Arbuckle appears in this film as a "fat man with strategically covered face", although the role is uncredited and unconf ...
'' (1927, Short)
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The Good-Bye Kiss
''The Good-Bye Kiss'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett and written by Jefferson Moffitt, Mack Sennett and Carl Harbaugh. The film stars Johnny Burke, Sally Eilers, Matty Kemp, Wheeler Oakman, Irving Bacon and Lione ...
'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited)
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Ships of the Night'' (1928) - Cramsey
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That's My Line
''That's My Line'' is a summer CBS reality show developed by Mark Goodson. Conceived in response to the success of NBC's ''Real People'' and ABC's ''That's Incredible!'', ''That's My Line'' borrowed its name from one of Goodson and Bill Todman's ...
'' (1931, Short) - Henchman
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The Nevada Buckaroo
''The Nevada Buckaroo'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy.
Plot
Cast
* Bob Steele as Buck Hurley, known as The Nevada Kid
*Dorothy Dix as JoAnn
*Ed Brady as Henchman Slade
*George "Gabby" Hayes as Cherokee Willia ...
'' (1931) - Sheriff Hank
* ''
Bengal Tiger
The Bengal tiger is a population of the ''Panthera tigris tigris'' subspecies. It ranks among the biggest wild cats alive today. It is considered to belong to the world's charismatic megafauna.
The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...
'' (1936)
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Affectionately Yours
''Affectionately Yours'' is a 1941 American romantic comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan, and Rita Hayworth.
Plot
Foreign correspondent Rickey Mayberry ( Dennis Morgan) hurriedly flies back from Port ...
'' (1941)
References
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1883 births
1962 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
Male actors from Tucson, Arizona
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
20th-century American male actors