Joseph W. Girard was an American screen actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.

KNOWN FOR

Sergeant York
1941
Dishonored
1931
Zenobia
1939
Stolen Secrets
1924
Bare Fists
1919
Shotgun Jones
1914
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1916
The Crowd
1928
The Pride of the Force
1925
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933
The Figurehead
1920
The Girl of the Golden West
1930

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
181
Writing
3
1943
Mission to Moscow
as American Senator (uncredited)
1942
Captain Midnight
as Major Steel
1942
The Secret Code
as Col. Drake
1941
Sergeant York
as General John J. Pershing (uncredited)
1941
The Spider Returns
as Police Commissioner Kirk
1940
The Green Archer
as Inspector Ross
1940
Deadwood Dick
as Government Referee
1939
Crashing Thru
as Steamship Captain
1939
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
as 'Ruf' Rickson
1939
Zenobia
as Juryman
1939
Navy Secrets
as Navy Captain
1938
Frontier Scout
as Dr. Lawrence
1938
Whirlwind Horseman
as Jim Radford
1938
Held For Ransom
as Police Chief Howell
1938
Unashamed: A Romance
as Dr. Malvin
1937
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Dan Farley
1937
Clipped Wings
as Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
1937
Wild West Days
as Judge Lawrence
1936
Aces and Eights
as Don Julio Hernandez
1936
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Sam Parker
1936
Frontier Justice
as Samuel Halston
1936
Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Banker John Mount
1936
What Becomes of the Children?
as Detective Chief
1936
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Lawyer Cromwell
1936
The Drag Net
as Thomas J. Harrison, District Attorney
1936
A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Dad Keith
1936
The Oregon Trail
as Col. Delmont
1935
Outlawed Guns
as Rocky Ellsworth
1935
His Fighting Blood
as Inspector Carstairs
1935
The Outlaw Deputy
as Ed Rutledge
1935
Racing Luck
as Commissioner
1935
The Silent Code
as NWMP Inspector Manning
1935
Social Error
as Edward Bentley, Sr.
1935
Blazing Guns
as Sheriff Crabtree
1935
Men of Action
as Official
1935
Diamond Jim
1935
Outlaw Rule
as Payton
1935
Kentucky Blue Streak
as Prison Warden Carlson
1935
The Ivory-Handled Gun
as Pat Moore
1934
The Fighting Trooper
as RCMP Inspector O'Keefe
1934
The Tonto Kid
as Rance Cartwright
1934
The Murder in the Museum
as Police Commissioner Brandon
1933
The Whirlwind
as Mr. Reynolds
1933
Silent Men
as Two-Block Burkett
1933
The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as Kerriman
1933
Man Of Action
as Banker
1933
Golden Harvest
as Wheat Broker (uncredited)
1933
The Sin of Nora Moran
as Captain of Detectives
1933
My Woman
as Sponsor (Uncredited)
1933
Racetrack
as Judge
1933
Twin Husbands
as Police Capt. Hayes (uncredited)
1933
Via Pony Express
as Captain McCarthy
1933
The Woman Who Dared
as Police Captain
1932
Radio Patrol
as Police Capt. John Slater (uncredited)
1932
The Hurricane Express
as The Railroad Detective
1932
The Big Stampede
as Major Parker
1932
Officer Thirteen
as Chief of Police Kramer
1932
The Crusader
as Chief of Detectives Corrigan
1932
Trapped in Tia Juana
as Capt. Holbert - Kenneth's Father
1932
Renegades of the West
as James Dowling
1931
The Secret Six
as Official (uncredited)
1931
The Mystery Train
as Sheriff
1931
Strictly Dishonorable
as Officer
1931
Sealed Lips
1931
Defenders of the Law
as The Police Chief
1931
The Sky Spider
as Colonel Hawton
1931
Dishonored
1931
Is There Justice?
as Chief of Police
1930
The Third Alarm
as Pensions Board Commissioner
1930
Troopers Three
as Capt. Harris
1930
Sons of the Saddle
as Martin Stavnow
1930
The Girl of the Golden West
as Ashby
1930
Doughboys
as General Hull (uncredited)
1929
Courtin' Wildcats
as Everett Butts
1929
The One Woman Idea
as Steamship Captain
1929
The Girl from Havana
as Dougherty
1929
From Headquarters
as Major
1929
King of the Rodeo
as Harlan
1929
The Leatherneck
as Court-Martial Officer
1928
The Code of the Scarlet
as RCMP Inspector
1928
Partners in Crime
as Chief of Police
1928
While the City Sleeps
as Captain of Detectives
1928
The Terror
as Supt. Hallick
1928
The Fleet's In
as Commandant
1928
Hello Cheyenne!
as Fremont Cody
1928
The Crowd
as Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
1928
Broken Barriers
as Stanley Moore
1928
Marlie the Killer
as John Cleveland
1928
The Bullet Mark
1928
Stop That Man
as Captain Ryan
1927
Whispering Sage
as Hugh Acklin
1927
Fireman, Save My Child
as Chief Dumston
1927
The Silent Hero
as John Stoddard
1927
The Final Extra
as Editor Williams
1927
The Shield of Honor
as Chief of Police Davison
1927
When Seconds Count
as James Mathewson
1926
Flying High
as Col. Rockliffe Owens
1926
Driftin' Thru
as Sheriff
1926
Out of the Storm
as The Warden
1926
Modern Youth
1926
We're in the Navy Now
as U.S. Admiral
1926
Tentacles of the North
as Dan Blake
1926
The Boaster
as Mr. Benton
1926
Forlorn River
as Hart Blaine
1926
Ladies of Leisure
as Detective
1926
The High Flyer
1925
The Pride of the Force
as Police Captain
1925
Ten Days
1925
Vic Dyson Pays
as Dayton Keever
1925
The Other Woman's Story
as Attorney for Defense
1925
Youth and Adventure
as Clint Taggart
1924
Jack O'Clubs
1924
The Lighthouse by the Sea
as Inspector #1
1924
The Night Hawk
as Sheriff Milton
1924
Wolves of the North
as John MacLeod
1924
Gambling Wives
as Duke Baldwin
1924
Laughing at Danger
as Cyrus Remington
1924
The Night Message
as Gov. Pringle
1924
The Western Wallop
as Prison warden
1924
Stolen Secrets
as Police Chief
1924
After a Million
1923
The Eagle's Talons
as Burton Thorne
1923
Legally Dead
as District Attorney
1923
Three Jumps Ahead
as John Darrell
1923
Lovebound
as David Belwyn
1923
Soft Boiled
as The Ranch Owner
1923
Where Is This West?
as Lawyer Browns
1923
The Law Rustlers
as Sol Vane
1923
The Wild Party
as Mr. Furth
1922
Nan of the North
as Yukon Hays
1922
Step on It!
as Lafe Brownell
1922
Perils of the Yukon
as Ivan Petrof
1922
One Wonderful Night
as Chief of Detectives
1921
A Yankee Go Getter
as Nicholas Lanza
1921
Dangerous Paths
as Silas Newton
1921
The Blue Fox
as Hawk Baxter
1921
Her Social Value
as Joe Harmon
1921
Red Courage
as Joe Reedly
1921
Dead or Alive
as Sheriff Lamar
1920
The Screaming Shadow
as Baron Pulska
1920
The Branded Four
as Dr. Horatio Scraggs
1920
The Figurehead
as James Durfee
1919
The Midnight Man
as Henry Morgan
1919
What Am I Bid?
as John McGibbon
1919
Bare Fists
as Harry's Father
1919
Paid in Advance
as John Gray (the father)
1919
The Sealed Envelope
as John Biggs
1919
Loot
as Pete Fielding
1919
Was He Guilty?
1918
The Heart of Humanity
as Canadian Colonel
1918
The Bride's Awakening
1918
The Risky Road
as Van Belt
1918
Her Body in Bond
as Benjamin Sleeth
1918
The Two-Soul Woman
as Dr. Copin
1918
Danger, Go Slow
as Judge Cotton
1918
The Brass Bullet
as Spring Gilbert
1918
The Marriage Lie
1917
A Soul for Sale
as Garet Pendleton
1917
The Voice on the Wire
as Dr. Reynolds
1917
'49 – '17
as Judge Brand
1917
Hell Morgan's Girl
as Oliver Curwell
1917
Fear Not
as Mortimer Gildane
1917
Treason
as Gergus Natarre
1917
Society's Driftwood
1917
The Storm Woman
1917
The Double Standard
as Bishop Ferguson
1917
The Lair of the Wolf
as Oliver Cathcart
1917
Beloved Jim
as The Derelict
1916
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Major Cameron
1916
A Huntress of Men
as Fleming Harcourt
1916
Love's Pilgrimage to America
as Captain Sparks
1916
The Lords of High Decision
as Colonel Craighill
1916
The Man from Nowhere
as Dudley Ward
1916
Thrown to the Lions
as Harry Sullivan
1916
The Narrow Path
as John Martin
1915
The Ladder of Fortune
as Colonel Novarro
1915
Conscience
as The warden
1915
A Seashore Romeo
as Dolly's Dad
1915
Rene Haggard Journeys On
as The Governor
1914
Shotgun Jones
1911
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