Mack Swain
Acting
Born February 15, 1876 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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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Acting (110)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
The Chaplin Revue
1959
Yesterday and Today
1953
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
Bad Boy
1935
Lighthouse Love
1932
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
Finn and Hattie
1931
Soup to Nuts
1930
Cleaning Up
1930
The Sea Bat
1930
Redemption
1930
The Locked Door
1929
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
The Last Warning
1928
Caught in the Fog
1928
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
A Texas Steer
1927
Becky
1927
My Best Girl
1927
Finnegan's Ball
1927
Mockery
1927
See You in Jail
1927
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
The Beloved Rogue
1927
Whispering Wires
1926
Her Big Night
1926
The Nervous Wreck
1926
Footloose Widows
1926
Kiki
1926
Sea Horses
1926
Torrent
1926
The Devil's Circus
1926
Hands Up!
1926
The Eagle
1925
The Gold Rush
1925
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
This Way Out
1923
The Pilgrim
1923
Pay Day
1922
The Idle Class
1921
Full o' Spirits
1920
Innocent Ambrose
1920
Heroic Ambrose
1919
Her First False Hare
1919
Oh, What a Knight
1919
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
The Late Lamented
1917
Lost: A Cook
1917
Thirst
1917
His Naughty Thought
1917
The Pullman Bride
1917
Madcap Ambrose
1916
His Bitter Pill
1916
A Movie Star
1916
Saved by Wireless
1915
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
1915
Ambrose's Fury
1915
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
Willful Ambrose
1915
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
Caught in a Park
1915
Fatty's New Role
1915
The Home Breakers
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
Other People's Business
1914
His Prehistoric Past
1914
Getting Acquainted
1914
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
The Sea Nymphs
1914
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
His Trysting Places
1914
His Musical Career
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Hello, Mabel
1914
Laughing Gas
1914
A Rowboat Romance
1914
Mabel's Married Life
1914
A Missing Bride
1914
A Gambling Rube
1914
The Knockout
1914
The Fatal Mallet
1914
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
A Busy Day
1914
Caught in the Rain
1914
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Love and Gasoline
1914
A Thief Catcher
1914
A Robust Romeo
1914
Double Crossed
1914
The Under-Sheriff
1914
The Gusher
1913
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
A Muddy Romance
1913