Josef Swickard(1866-1940)
- Actor
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.
