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

The Pilgrim

19236.9

Hello, Mabel

19145.3

Pay Day

19227.0

Caught in the Rain

19145.7

Adventurous Ambrose

19187.0

Kiki

19267.8

Tillie's Punctured Romance

19146.2

Cleaning Up

19306.0

The Chaplin Revue

19597.4

Love, Speed and Thrills

19155.0

Caught in the Fog

19289.0

The Idle Class

19216.8

The Knockout

19145.8

The Eagle

19256.3

Becky

19278.0

A Busy Day

19144.8

A Thief Catcher

19145.1

Hogan's Romance Upset

19155.0

Torrent

19266.7

Heroic Ambrose

19193.3

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

19318.0

Innocent Ambrose

19208.0

My Best Girl

19277.1

Gentlemen of Nerve

19145.8

The Fatal Mallet

19145.5

His Bitter Pill

19165.1

His Prehistoric Past

19145.7

The Under-Sheriff

1914

The Girl from Everywhere

19277.0

His Musical Career

19146.0

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

19317.0

Bad Boy

19357.5

See You in Jail

19277.0

The Last Warning

19286.7

His Trysting Places

19146.3

The Girl from Nowhere

19289.0

Getting Acquainted

19145.4

Ye Olden Grafter

19155.0

Mabel’s Nerve

1914

The Shamrock and the Rose

19276.0

Soup to Nuts

19305.9

Fatty's Wine Party

1914

Lost: A Cook

1917

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

19155.0

Ambrose's Fury

19152.3

Laughing Gas

19145.6

Mockery

19276.9

The Beloved Rogue

19276.9

Redemption

19305.7

Fatty's New Role

19155.1

The Nervous Wreck

19266.3

A Missing Bride

1914

A Rowboat Romance

1914

A Robust Romeo

1914

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

19437.5

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

19299.0

Mabel at the Wheel

19145.8

Mabel's Married Life

19145.9

Hands Up!

19265.6

His Naughty Thought

1917

The Locked Door

19296.1

That Little Band Of Gold

19155.1

The Midnight Patrol

193210.0

The Sea Bat

19304.4

Oh, What a Knight

1919

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

199810.0

Madcap Ambrose

19165.0

Ambrose's Little Hatchet

19155.0

Tillie's Punctured Romance

19286.5

The Devil's Circus

19266.8

Gussle, the Golfer

19147.5

Fatty Joins the Force

19135.3

Finnegan's Ball

19279.0

Finn and Hattie

19316.3

Pitfalls of a Big City

19238.0

Yesterday and Today

19537.0

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

19317.3

Leading Lizzie Astray

19144.4

A Movie Star

19165.5

Sea Horses

19269.0

The Gusher

19134.5

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

19155.0

Whispering Wires

192610.0

Thirst

19176.0

The Sea Nymphs

1914

Ambrose's First Falsehood

19144.2

A Muddy Romance

19134.8

Her Big Night

19268.0

Footloose Widows

19267.0

Full o' Spirits

1920

The Late Lamented

1917

Other People's Business

1914

The Pullman Bride

1917

A Gambling Rube

1914

Double Crossed

19144.6

Caught in a Park

19155.0

The Home Breakers

1915

A Texas Steer

19279.0

Ambrose's Lofty Perch

19154.5

When Ambrose Dared Walrus

19155.0

Willful Ambrose

19155.0

Love and Gasoline

19149.0

Mabel Lost and Won

19156.2

Saved by Wireless

1915

This Way Out

192310.0

Her First False Hare

19197.0