From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Glen Cavender September 19 1883 February 9 1962 was an American film actor He appeared in 259 films between 1914 and 1949 The SpanishAmerican War soldier 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 Keatons 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 wellknown actor Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949