Mack Swain

Acting · 0.9 popularity

Age

150

Movies

110

Born: February 15, 1876 – August 25, 1935
From: 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.

Works

110 films

The Gold Rush

19258.0

Lighthouse Love

1932

Caught in a Cabaret

19145.8

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

192810.0

Pay Day

19227.0

Torrent

19266.7

The Pilgrim

19236.9

Tillie's Punctured Romance

19146.2

The Chaplin Revue

19597.4

Becky

19278.0

Hello, Mabel

19145.3

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

19318.0

Love, Speed and Thrills

19155.0

Caught in the Rain

19145.7

Kiki

19267.8

His Musical Career

19146.0

The Idle Class

19216.8

A Thief Catcher

19145.1

Caught in the Fog

19289.0

The Knockout

19145.8

Bad Boy

19357.5

Ye Olden Grafter

19155.0

Cleaning Up

19306.0

The Eagle

19256.3

The Beloved Rogue

19276.9

Getting Acquainted

19145.4

Adventurous Ambrose

19187.0

The Under-Sheriff

1914

Soup to Nuts

19305.9

Finn and Hattie

19316.3

The Fatal Mallet

19145.5

Madcap Ambrose

19165.0

Mabel at the Wheel

19145.8

The Girl from Everywhere

19277.0

Fatty's Wine Party

1914

The Shamrock and the Rose

19276.0

The Locked Door

19296.1

Ambrose's Fury

19152.3

Hogan's Romance Upset

19155.0

His Prehistoric Past

19145.7

A Busy Day

19144.8

Gentlemen of Nerve

19145.8

The Sea Nymphs

1914

My Best Girl

19277.1

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

19317.0

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

19155.0

Whispering Wires

192610.0

Redemption

19305.7

See You in Jail

19277.0

Mockery

19276.9

The Girl from Nowhere

19289.0

Yesterday and Today

19537.0

The Last Warning

19286.7

His Bitter Pill

19165.1

Laughing Gas

19145.6

Hands Up!

19265.6

Sea Horses

19269.0

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

19317.3

His Trysting Places

19146.3

Fatty's New Role

19155.1

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

19299.0

Leading Lizzie Astray

19144.4

Finnegan's Ball

19279.0

Lost: A Cook

1917

Mabel's Married Life

19145.9

Innocent Ambrose

19208.0

Tillie's Punctured Romance

19286.5

A Robust Romeo

1914

Ambrose's First Falsehood

19144.2

Heroic Ambrose

19193.3

Mabel’s Nerve

1914

The Nervous Wreck

19266.3

A Rowboat Romance

1914

The Midnight Patrol

193210.0

That Little Band Of Gold

19155.1

The Sea Bat

19304.4

Gussle, the Golfer

19147.5

A Movie Star

19165.5

The Gusher

19134.5

A Muddy Romance

19134.8

His Naughty Thought

1917

The Late Lamented

1917

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

199810.0

Oh, What a Knight

1919

Ambrose's Little Hatchet

19155.0

Fatty Joins the Force

19135.3

A Missing Bride

1914

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

19437.5

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

19155.0

Her Big Night

19268.0

A Texas Steer

19279.0

Thirst

19176.0

The Devil's Circus

19266.8

A Gambling Rube

1914

Footloose Widows

19267.0

Full o' Spirits

1920

The Pullman Bride

1917

Mabel Lost and Won

19156.2

When Ambrose Dared Walrus

19155.0

Willful Ambrose

19155.0

The Home Breakers

1915

Caught in a Park

19155.0

This Way Out

192310.0

Ambrose's Lofty Perch

19154.5

Other People's Business

1914

Pitfalls of a Big City

19238.0

Double Crossed

19144.6

Saved by Wireless

1915

Love and Gasoline

19149.0

Her First False Hare

19197.0