Mack Swain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 15, 1876
- Died
- August 25, 1935 (aged 59)
- Birthplace
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mack Swain (born Moroni Swain, February 16, 1876 – August 25, 1935) was an early American film actor, who appeared in many of Mack Sennett's comedies at Keystone Studios, including the Keystone Cops series. He also appeared in major features by Charlie Chaplin. In the early 1900s Swain had his own stock theater company, which performed in the western and midwestern United States. Swain worked in vaudeville before starting in silent film at Keystone Studios under Mack Sennett. While with Keystone, he was teamed with Chester Conklin to make a series of comedy films. With Swain as "Ambrose" and Conklin as the grand mustachioed "Walrus", they performed these roles in several films including The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus and Love, Speed and Thrills, both made in 1915. Besides these comedies, the two appeared together in a variety of other films, 26 all told, and they also appeared separately and/or together in films starring Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle and most of the rest of the roster of Keystone players. Swain later took his Ambrose character with him to the L-KO Kompany. Having already worked with Charles Chaplin at Keystone, Swain began working with him again at First National in 1921, appearing in The Idle Class, Pay Day, and The Pilgrim. He is also remembered for his large supporting role as Big Jim McKay in the 1925 film The Gold Rush, for United Artists, written by and starring Chaplin. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mack Swain received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, at 1500 Vine Street.
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Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Movie · as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
Movie · as Various (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
Movie · as (archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Movie · as (archive footage)
Bad Boy
Movie · as Man on Rowing Machine
The Midnight Patrol
Movie
Lighthouse Love
Movie · as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Movie · as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Finn and Hattie
Movie · as Le Bottin
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Movie · as Doctor
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Movie · as Doctor
Cleaning Up
Movie · as Mack
The Sea Bat
Movie · as Dutchy
Redemption
Movie · as Magistrate
Soup to Nuts
Movie · as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
The Locked Door
Movie · as Hotel Proprietor
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Movie · as Mr. Tom Kelly
The Girl from Nowhere
Movie · as Wilbur Ashcraft
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Tillie's Father
Caught in the Fog
Movie · as Detective Ryan
The Last Warning
Movie · as Robert Bunce
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie · as Sir Francis Beekman
The Girl from Everywhere
Movie · as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
A Texas Steer
Movie · as Bragg
Mockery
Movie · as Vladimir Gaidaroff
My Best Girl
Movie · as Judge
The Shamrock and the Rose
Movie · as Mike Kelly
The Beloved Rogue
Movie · as Nicholas
Becky
Movie · as Irving Spiegelberg
See You in Jail
Movie · as Slossom
Finnegan's Ball
Movie · as Patrick Flannigan
Hands Up!
Movie · as Silas Woodstock
Torrent
Movie · as Don Matías
Kiki
Movie · as Pastryman (uncredited)
The Nervous Wreck
Movie · as Jerome Underwood
Footloose Widows
Movie · as Ludwig
Sea Horses
Movie · as Bimbo-Bomba
Whispering Wires
Movie · as McCarthy
Her Big Night
Movie · as Myers, film producer
The Devil's Circus
Movie
The Gold Rush
Movie · as Big Jim
The Eagle
Movie · as Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
Movie · as Deacon
Pitfalls of a Big City
Movie · as The Vamp's Husband
This Way Out
Movie · as The Girl's Father
Pay Day
Movie · as Foreman
The Idle Class
Movie · as Edna's Father (uncredited)
Full o' Spirits
Movie
Innocent Ambrose
Movie · as Ambrose Schnitz
Oh, What a Knight
Movie · as The Sheriff
Heroic Ambrose
Movie · as Ambrose Schnitz
Her First False Hare
Movie · as Unknown
Adventurous Ambrose
Movie · as Ambrose
The Late Lamented
Movie · as Boarder (unconfirmed)
The Pullman Bride
Movie · as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
His Naughty Thought
Movie · as Walter Ambrose
Thirst
Movie · as Ambrose
Lost: A Cook
Movie · as Farmer Ambrose
A Movie Star
Movie · as Handsome Jack
His Bitter Pill
Movie · as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
Madcap Ambrose
Movie · as Ambrose
Fatty's New Role
Movie · as Ambrose Schnitz
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
Movie · as Ambrose
Mabel Lost and Won
Movie · as Mabel's Rival's Husband
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Movie · as Ambrose
Willful Ambrose
Movie · as Pa Ambrose
Ambrose's Fury
Movie · as Ambrose
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Movie · as Ambrose
Love, Speed and Thrills
Movie · as Ambrose
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
Movie · as Ambrose
Saved by Wireless
Movie · as The Spy
That Little Band Of Gold
Movie · as Audience Member (uncredited)
Caught in a Park
Movie · as The Bartender
Ye Olden Grafter
Movie · as The Grafter
The Home Breakers
Movie · as Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
Movie · as Ambrose
Hogan's Romance Upset
Movie · as Fight Spectator
Laughing Gas
Movie · as Patient
The Fatal Mallet
Movie · as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Movie · as Tillie's Father
Love and Gasoline
Movie
Mabel’s Nerve
Movie
A Gambling Rube
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
Hello, Mabel
Movie · as The Married Flirt
Other People's Business
Movie
Caught in the Rain
Movie · as Husband (uncredited)
A Busy Day
Movie · as Husband
Mabel's Married Life
Movie · as Wellington, a Ladykiller
Gentlemen of Nerve
Movie · as Mr. Walrus
His Musical Career
Movie · as Mike, Charlie's Partner
His Trysting Places
Movie · as Ambrose
Getting Acquainted
Movie · as Ambrose
His Prehistoric Past
Movie · as King Lowbrow
A Thief Catcher
Movie · as Crook (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
Movie · as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Movie · as Ambrose
A Rowboat Romance
Movie · as (unconfirmed)
Gussle, the Golfer
Movie · as Ambrose
Double Crossed
Movie · as The Belle's Boyfriend
The Under-Sheriff
Movie · as Villager
A Robust Romeo
Movie
Caught in a Cabaret
Movie · as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Movie · as Race Spectator (uncredited)
The Knockout
Movie · as Gambler (uncredited)
Fatty's Wine Party
Movie · as Restaurant Proprietor
The Sea Nymphs
Movie · as Ambrose
A Missing Bride
Movie
A Muddy Romance
Movie · as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
Fatty Joins the Force
Movie · as Cop at Station House
The Gusher
Movie · as Villager / Cop