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 th ...
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'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
* ''
Cruel, Cruel Love'' (1914, Short) - Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
* ''
Dough and Dynamite'' (1914, Short) - Head Striking Baker
* ''
Tillie's Punctured Romance'' (1914) - 1st Pianist in restaurant (uncredited)
* ''
Mabel, Fatty and the Law'' (1915, Short) - Tobacco Counter Clerk (uncredited)
* ''
Fatty's New Role'' (1915, Short) - Mustached Saloon Customer (uncredited)
* ''
Fatty's Reckless Fling'' (1915, Short) - House Detective
* ''
Fatty's Chance Acquaintance'' (1915, Short) - Waiter
* ''
Fatty's Faithful Fido'' (1915, Short)
* ''
That Little Band of Gold'' (1915, Short) - Judge (uncredited)
* ''
Wished on Mabel'' (1915, Short) - Plainclothesman in Park
* ''
Mabel's Wilful Way'' (1915, Short) - Mabel's Father
* ''
Fatty's Tintype Tangle'' (1915, Short) - Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
* ''
Fickle Fatty's Fall'' (1915, Short) - Cook
* ''
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 J ...
'' (1915, Short) - Man Hit by Coat at Sennett's Office
* ''
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 Caven ...
'' (1915, Short) - A Shrewd Inventor / Ship Captain
* ''
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
* ''
The Rough House'' (1917, Short)
* ''
The Pullman Bride'' (1917, Short) - The Pullman Waiter
* ''
The Cook'' (1918, Short)
* ''
The Sheriff'' (1918, Short)
* ''
A Scrap of Paper'' (1918, Short) - The Kaiser
* ''
Skirts
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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)
* ''
Hearts of Youth'' (1921) - Reuben Grey
* ''Straight from the Shoulder'' (1921) - Pete
* ''Little Miss Hawkshaw'' (1921) - Sock Wolf
* ''
What Love Will Do'' (1921) - Abner Rowan
* ''The Primal Law'' (1921) - Ruis
* ''
Iron to Gold'' (1922) - Sloan
* ''
The Pest'' (1922, Short) - The landlord
* ''
No Wedding Bells'' (1923, Short) - An Irate Husband
* ''Our Alley'' (1923)
* ''
Main Street'' (1923) - Harry Haydock
* ''
The Man from Brodney's'' (1923) - Selim
* ''
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 Tunne ...
'' (1925, Short) - Nightclub manager
* ''
The Iron Mule'' (1925, Short)
* ''
The Snow Hawk'' (1925, Short) - Midnight Mike
* ''
Navy Blue Days'' (1925, Short) - Pete Vermicelli
* ''
The Sleuth'' (1925, Short) - The Husband
* ''
Keep Smiling'' (1925) - Doublecrosser
* ''
The Tourist'' (1925, short)
* ''
Manhattan Madness'' (1925) - 'Broken Nose' Murphy
* ''
The Movies'' (1925, Short) - A Traffic Officer
* ''
The Fighting Dude
''The Fighting Dude'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed and written by Fatty Arbuckle as William Goodrich. Although Arbuckle was acquitted in the third trial for the death of Virginia Rappe, he could not obtain work in Hollywood un ...
'' (1925, Short) - The Athletic Instructor
* ''
My Stars'' (1926, Short) - The Gardener
* ''
Home Cured'' (1926, Short)
* ''
His Private Life'' (1926, Short) - The Colonel
* ''
The General'' (1926) - Union Captain Anderson
* ''
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 un ...
'' (1927, Short)
* ''
The Good-Bye Kiss'' (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''
Ships of the Night
''Ships of the Night'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Duke Worne and starring Jacqueline Logan, Sôjin Kamiyama and Jack Mower.Palmer p.137
Cast
* Jacqueline Logan as Johanna Hearne
* Sôjin Kamiyama as Yut Sen
* Jack Mo ...
'' (1928) - Cramsey
* ''
That's My Line'' (1931, Short) - Henchman
* ''
The Nevada Buckaroo'' (1931) - Sheriff Hank
* ''
Bengal Tiger
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The tiger is estimated to have been present in ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Affectionately Yours'' (1941)
References
External links
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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