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Mack Swain‌

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Male

Birthday

calendar1876-02-15

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Mack Swain

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Mack Swain

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1876-02-15

Popularity

star5.5

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.

Movie Credits

The Gold Rush

The Gold Rush‌
star8.0
calendar 1925

Laughing Gas

Laughing Gas‌
star5.5
calendar 1914

The Fatal Mallet

The Fatal Mallet‌
star5.4
calendar 1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance‌
star6.1
calendar 1914

Hands Up!

Hands Up!‌
star5.3
calendar 1926

The Idle Class

The Idle Class‌
star6.6
calendar 1921

Love and Gasoline

Love and Gasoline‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Yesterday and Today

Yesterday and Today‌
star0.0
calendar 1953

The Locked Door

The Locked Door‌
star5.6
calendar 1929

Mabel’s Nerve

Mabel’s Nerve‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands‌
star0.0
calendar 1931

A Gambling Rube

A Gambling Rube‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Hello, Mabel

Hello, Mabel‌
star5.3
calendar 1914

Other People's Business

Other People's Business‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

The Girl from Everywhere

The Girl from Everywhere‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

The Girl from Nowhere

The Girl from Nowhere‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Caught in the Rain

Caught in the Rain‌
star5.6
calendar 1914

A Busy Day

A Busy Day‌
star4.7
calendar 1914

Mabel's Married Life

Mabel's Married Life‌
star5.9
calendar 1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

Gentlemen of Nerve‌
star5.7
calendar 1914

His Musical Career

His Musical Career‌
star5.9
calendar 1914

His Trysting Places

His Trysting Places‌
star6.2
calendar 1914

Getting Acquainted

Getting Acquainted‌
star5.3
calendar 1914

His Prehistoric Past

His Prehistoric Past‌
star5.6
calendar 1914

Pay Day

Pay Day‌
star7.0
calendar 1922

The Pilgrim

The Pilgrim‌
star6.8
calendar 1923

A Thief Catcher

A Thief Catcher‌
star4.9
calendar 1914

A Texas Steer

A Texas Steer‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Mockery

Mockery‌
star6.7
calendar 1927

Pitfalls of a Big City

Pitfalls of a Big City‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

Torrent

Torrent‌
star6.9
calendar 1926

Leading Lizzie Astray

Leading Lizzie Astray‌
star4.2
calendar 1914

Ambrose's First Falsehood

Ambrose's First Falsehood‌
star4.2
calendar 1914

Fatty's New Role

Fatty's New Role‌
star5.2
calendar 1915

A Rowboat Romance

A Rowboat Romance‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

The Late Lamented

The Late Lamented‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Gussle, the Golfer

Gussle, the Golfer‌
star5.0
calendar 1914

Double Crossed

Double Crossed‌
star4.6
calendar 1914

Ambrose's Lofty Perch

Ambrose's Lofty Perch‌
star4.5
calendar 1915

Mabel Lost and Won

Mabel Lost and Won‌
star6.2
calendar 1915

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

Ambrose's Nasty Temper‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Willful Ambrose

Willful Ambrose‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Ambrose's Fury

Ambrose's Fury‌
star3.0
calendar 1915

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

Ambrose's Sour Grapes‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Love, Speed and Thrills

Love, Speed and Thrills‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

When Ambrose Dared Walrus

When Ambrose Dared Walrus‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Oh, What a Knight

Oh, What a Knight‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up‌
star5.0
calendar 1930

Heroic Ambrose

Heroic Ambrose‌
star1.0
calendar 1919

Finn and Hattie

Finn and Hattie‌
star5.3
calendar 1931

Kiki

Kiki‌
star7.0
calendar 1926

A Muddy Romance

A Muddy Romance‌
star4.8
calendar 1913

Fatty Joins the Force

Fatty Joins the Force‌
star5.4
calendar 1913

The Under-Sheriff

The Under-Sheriff‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

A Robust Romeo

A Robust Romeo‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

The Sea Bat

The Sea Bat‌
star4.6
calendar 1930

A Movie Star

A Movie Star‌
star5.5
calendar 1916

Saved by Wireless

Saved by Wireless‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

Redemption

Redemption‌
star3.0
calendar 1930

His Bitter Pill

His Bitter Pill‌
star5.2
calendar 1916

Madcap Ambrose

Madcap Ambrose‌
star4.0
calendar 1916

Caught in a Cabaret

Caught in a Cabaret‌
star5.6
calendar 1914

Mabel at the Wheel

Mabel at the Wheel‌
star5.6
calendar 1914

The Knockout

The Knockout‌
star5.7
calendar 1914

That Little Band Of Gold

That Little Band Of Gold‌
star5.1
calendar 1915

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance‌
star6.0
calendar 1928

The Nervous Wreck

The Nervous Wreck‌
star5.9
calendar 1926

The Eagle

The Eagle‌
star6.3
calendar 1925

Caught in a Park

Caught in a Park‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Full o' Spirits

Full o' Spirits‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

The Gusher

The Gusher‌
star4.5
calendar 1913

Ye Olden Grafter

Ye Olden Grafter‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Footloose Widows

Footloose Widows‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Her First False Hare

Her First False Hare‌
star0.0
calendar 1919

Adventurous Ambrose

Adventurous Ambrose‌
star0.0
calendar 1918

My Best Girl

My Best Girl‌
star7.0
calendar 1927

Sea Horses

Sea Horses‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Caught in the Fog

Caught in the Fog‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

Soup to Nuts

Soup to Nuts‌
star5.8
calendar 1930

The Shamrock and the Rose

The Shamrock and the Rose‌
star5.5
calendar 1927

The Beloved Rogue

The Beloved Rogue‌
star7.0
calendar 1927

The Last Warning

The Last Warning‌
star6.5
calendar 1928

The Pullman Bride

The Pullman Bride‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Fatty's Wine Party

Fatty's Wine Party‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

This Way Out

This Way Out‌
star0.0
calendar 1923

The Home Breakers

The Home Breakers‌
star0.0
calendar 1915

His Naughty Thought

His Naughty Thought‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes‌
star0.0
calendar 1928

The Chaplin Revue

The Chaplin Revue‌
star7.4
calendar 1959

Becky

Becky‌
star0.0
calendar 1927

Innocent Ambrose

Innocent Ambrose‌
star0.0
calendar 1920

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

Happy Times and Jolly Moments‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists‌
star0.0
calendar 1998

Thirst

Thirst‌
star0.0
calendar 1917

Whispering Wires

Whispering Wires‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Ambrose's Little Hatchet

Ambrose's Little Hatchet‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

Lighthouse Love

Lighthouse Love‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

The Sea Nymphs

The Sea Nymphs‌
star0.0
calendar 1914

Hogan's Romance Upset

Hogan's Romance Upset‌
star5.0
calendar 1915

The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

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