Mack Swain
Known for: Acting
Born: February 15, 1876
Died: August 25, 1935
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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.
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Filmography
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10.0
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
7.4
The Chaplin Revue
1959
7.0
Yesterday and Today
1953
7.5
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
7.5
Bad Boy
1935
NR
Lighthouse Love
1932
10.0
The Midnight Patrol
19327.3
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
7.0
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
19318.0
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
6.3
Finn and Hattie
1931
5.9
Soup to Nuts
19306.0
Cleaning Up
1930
4.4
The Sea Bat
1930
5.7
Redemption
1930
6.1
The Locked Door
1929
9.0
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
6.7
The Last Warning
1928
9.0
Caught in the Fog
1928
9.0
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
6.5
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
10.0
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
7.0
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
9.0
A Texas Steer
1927
8.0
Becky
1927
7.1
My Best Girl
1927
9.0
Finnegan's Ball
1927
6.9
Mockery
1927
7.0
See You in Jail
1927
6.0
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
6.9
The Beloved Rogue
1927
10.0
Whispering Wires
1926
8.0
Her Big Night
1926
6.3
The Nervous Wreck
1926
7.0
Footloose Widows
1926
7.8
Kiki
1926
9.0
Sea Horses
1926
6.7
Torrent
1926
6.8
The Devil's Circus
1926
5.6
Hands Up!
1926
6.3
The Eagle
1925
8.0
The Gold Rush
1925
8.0
Pitfalls of a Big City
192310.0
This Way Out
1923
6.9
The Pilgrim
1923
7.0
Pay Day
1922
6.8
The Idle Class
1921
NR
Full o' Spirits
19208.0
Innocent Ambrose
19203.3
Heroic Ambrose
1919
7.0
Her First False Hare
1919NR
Oh, What a Knight
19197.0
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
NR
The Late Lamented
1917
NR
Lost: A Cook
1917
6.0
Thirst
1917
NR
His Naughty Thought
1917
NR
The Pullman Bride
1917
5.0
Madcap Ambrose
1916
5.1
His Bitter Pill
1916
5.5
A Movie Star
1916NR
Saved by Wireless
1915
5.0
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
6.2
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
5.0
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915
4.5
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
19152.3
Ambrose's Fury
1915
5.0
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915
5.1
That Little Band Of Gold
19155.0
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
5.0
Willful Ambrose
19155.0
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
5.0
Hogan's Romance Upset
19155.0
Caught in a Park
1915
5.1
Fatty's New Role
1915
NR
The Home Breakers
1915
5.0
Love, Speed and Thrills
19157.5
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
6.2
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
4.2
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914NR
Other People's Business
1914
5.7
His Prehistoric Past
1914
5.4
Getting Acquainted
19144.4
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914NR
The Sea Nymphs
1914NR
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
6.2
His Trysting Places
1914
6.0
His Musical Career
1914
5.8
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
5.3
Hello, Mabel
1914
5.6
Laughing Gas
1914NR
A Rowboat Romance
1914
5.9
Mabel's Married Life
1914NR
A Missing Bride
1914NR
A Gambling Rube
1914
5.8
The Knockout
1914
5.5
The Fatal Mallet
1914NR
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
4.8
A Busy Day
1914
5.8
Caught in the Rain
1914
5.8
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
5.8
Mabel at the Wheel
19149.0
Love and Gasoline
1914
5.1
A Thief Catcher
1914NR
A Robust Romeo
1914
4.6
Double Crossed
1914NR
The Under-Sheriff
1914
4.5
The Gusher
1913
5.3
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
4.8
A Muddy Romance
1913