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