Glen Cavender Explained
Glen W. Cavender (September 19, 1883 - February 9, 1962) was an American film actor.[1] He appeared in more than 250 films between 1914 and 1949.
Biography
Glen Cavender was born in Tucson, Arizona, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original Keystone Cops and was a regular in numerous Mack Sennett 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 (1915, Short) - Man Hit by Coat at Sennett's Office
- A Submarine Pirate (1915, Short) - A Shrewd Inventor / Ship Captain
- Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916, Short) - I. Landem - Realtor
- The Rough House (1917, Short)
- The Pullman Bride (1917, Short) - The Pullman Waiter
- Are Waitresses Safe? (1917, Short)
- The Cook (1918, Short)
- The Sheriff (1918, Short)
- A Scrap of Paper (1918, Short) - The Kaiser
- Skirts (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 (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 (1925, Short) - The Athletic Instructor
- My Stars (1926, Short) - The Gardener
- Home Cured (1926, Short)
- Fool's Luck (1926, short)
- His Private Life (1926, Short) - The Colonel
- The General (1926) - Union Captain Anderson
- Listen Lena (1927, Short)
- The Good-Bye Kiss (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Ships of the Night (1928) - Cramsey
- That's My Line (1931, Short) - Henchman
- The Nevada Buckaroo (1931) - Sheriff Hank
- Bengal Tiger (1936)
- Affectionately Yours (1941)
Notes and References
- Web site: Glen Cavender . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213656/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/11896/Glen-Cavender/biography . dead . March 3, 2016 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Hans J. Wollstein . 2016 . January 24, 2015 .
