Mack Swain
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
108
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
Sea Horses
Willful Ambrose
Pay Day
Bad Boy
A Busy Day
Mockery
The Chaplin Revue
His Prehistoric Past
Kiki
Cleaning Up
Gentlemen of Nerve
Thirst
Redemption
A Robust Romeo
Finn and Hattie
Ye Olden Grafter
Caught in a Cabaret
His Bitter Pill
A Gambling Rube
Ambrose's Fury
Love, Speed and Thrills
A Thief Catcher
His Trysting Places
Torrent
Madcap Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
Lost: A Cook
The Gold Rush
The Under-Sheriff
Caught in the Rain
Mabel at the Wheel
Hello, Mabel
Adventurous Ambrose
Lighthouse Love
Hands Up!
My Best Girl
Becky
The Pilgrim
The Shamrock and the Rose
Tillie's Punctured Romance
The Idle Class
The Eagle
The Girl from Everywhere
The Locked Door
His Naughty Thought
The Sea Bat
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
The Knockout
Hogan's Romance Upset
Fatty's Wine Party
Fatty Joins the Force
Soup to Nuts
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
The Gusher
The Late Lamented
The Last Warning
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
That Little Band Of Gold
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Mabel's Married Life
A Rowboat Romance
The Fatal Mallet
Laughing Gas
The Beloved Rogue
Getting Acquainted
Mabel Lost and Won
Footloose Widows
Whispering Wires
A Muddy Romance
Mabel’s Nerve
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
The Midnight Patrol
Pitfalls of a Big City
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
His Musical Career
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
The Pullman Bride
The Devil's Circus
The Nervous Wreck
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Leading Lizzie Astray
Yesterday and Today
The Girl from Nowhere
Tillie's Punctured Romance
A Texas Steer
Fatty's New Role
A Movie Star
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Caught in a Park
Caught in the Fog
Other People's Business
Love and Gasoline
Innocent Ambrose
Her Big Night
The Sea Nymphs
This Way Out
Oh, What a Knight
Saved by Wireless
A Missing Bride
Heroic Ambrose
The Home Breakers
Full o' Spirits
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Gussle, the Golfer
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Double Crossed
Her First False Hare
