Josef Swickard was a Prussian-born veteran stage and screen character actor, who had toured with stock companies in Europe, South Africa, and South America.
10 Facts About Josef Swickard
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Josef Swickard appeared in Charles Chaplin's Laughing Gas and Caught in a Cabaret.
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Josef Swickard remained with Sennett until 1917, when he settled into his prolific career of playing mostly aristocratic characters.
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Josef Swickard played the villainous Prime Minister Kruel in the 1925 film version of The Wizard of Oz.
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In 1902, Swickard applied for citizenship in the Eastern District of New York under the name Joseph P Schwickerath.
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Records show Josef Swickard submitted a petition for naturalization in Los Angeles, California in February 1936 under the name of Peter Joseph Schwickerath.
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Josef Swickard's last known residence was the Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles where he lived after his divorce from Campbell.
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Josef Swickard was suspected of having bludgeoned to death a Russian dancer, Anya Sosoyeva, as well as having assaulted the young actress Delia Bogard, who survived.
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Josef Swickard was falsely rumored to have jumped from the Hollywood sign.
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Josef Swickard was buried under a simple headstone at Hollywood Forever Cemetery.