Mack Swain

Known for ActingBorn 1876-02-15Died 1935-08-25Salt 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.Read more

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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

The Midnight Patrol

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Whispering Wires

This Way Out

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

The Girl from Nowhere

Caught in the Fog

A Texas Steer

Finnegan's Ball

Sea Horses

Love and Gasoline

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Becky

Her Big Night

The Gold Rush

Pitfalls of a Big City

Innocent Ambrose

Kiki

The Chaplin Revue

Bad Boy

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Gussle, the Golfer

Yesterday and Today

The Devil's Circus

My Best Girl

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

The Girl from Everywhere

See You in Jail

Footloose Widows

Pay Day

Her First False Hare

Adventurous Ambrose

Mockery

The Beloved Rogue

The Pilgrim

Lighthouse Love

The Last Warning

Torrent

The Idle Class

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Finn and Hattie

The Nervous Wreck

The Eagle

The Locked Door

Mabel Lost and Won

Tillie's Punctured Romance