Mack Swain
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
107
Gender
Male
Birthday
1876-02-15
Day of death
1935-08-25 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Mack Swain
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.
Known For
Mabel Lost and Won
The Chaplin Revue
Her First False Hare
The Pilgrim
The Gold Rush
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Sea Horses
Redemption
Hands Up!
His Musical Career
The Beloved Rogue
Whispering Wires
The Fatal Mallet
The Idle Class
Mabel's Married Life
His Bitter Pill
Mabel at the Wheel
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
The Eagle
Madcap Ambrose
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
Gentlemen of Nerve
Soup to Nuts
The Gusher
The Sea Bat
Pay Day
Torrent
The Last Warning
His Trysting Places
A Muddy Romance
Thirst
The Knockout
Pitfalls of a Big City
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Finn and Hattie
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
Fatty Joins the Force
A Busy Day
Leading Lizzie Astray
Mockery
Ambrose's Fury
Getting Acquainted
The Late Lamented
A Robust Romeo
A Missing Bride
Double Crossed
The Locked Door
The Midnight Patrol
His Prehistoric Past
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Willful Ambrose
The Sea Nymphs
Footloose Widows
Saved by Wireless
Caught in a Park
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Laughing Gas
The Girl from Everywhere
Her Big Night
Love and Gasoline
That Little Band Of Gold
The Girl from Nowhere
Fatty's New Role
Ye Olden Grafter
Bad Boy
The Pullman Bride
The Under-Sheriff
The Home Breakers
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
Love, Speed and Thrills
A Thief Catcher
Kiki
The Devil's Circus
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Lost: A Cook
Adventurous Ambrose
Cleaning Up
Hello, Mabel
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
A Gambling Rube
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in the Rain
My Best Girl
Lighthouse Love
Hogan's Romance Upset
Caught in the Fog
A Texas Steer
The Nervous Wreck
Becky
His Naughty Thought
Gussle, the Golfer
The Shamrock and the Rose
Yesterday and Today
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Mabel’s Nerve
This Way Out
Heroic Ambrose
Fatty's Wine Party
A Rowboat Romance
Innocent Ambrose
Oh, What a Knight
Full o' Spirits
A Movie Star
Other People's Business
