Mack Swain
Known for Acting · 111 credits
- Born
- 1876-02-15
- Died
- 1935-08-25
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Also known as
- Moroni Swain · Мак Свейн
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.
Known For
Movies (111)
The Gold Rush
1925
as Big Jim McKay
Kiki
1926
as Pastryman (uncredited)
Pay Day
1922
as Foreman
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
as Sir Francis Beekman
Lighthouse Love
1932
as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper
The Pilgrim
1923
as Deacon
The Knockout
1914
as Gambler (uncredited)
Bad Boy
1935
as Man on Rowing Machine
The Sea Bat
1930
as Dutchy
Hands Up!
1926
as Silas Woodstock
Cleaning Up
1930
as Mack
Getting Acquainted
1914
as Ambrose
The Beloved Rogue
1927
as Nicholas
The Chaplin Revue
1959
as Various (archive footage)
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
as Doctor
Redemption
1930
as Magistrate
Footloose Widows
1926
as Ludwig
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Tillie's Father
His Bitter Pill
1916
as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
The Devil's Circus
1926
His Musical Career
1914
as Mike, Charlie's Partner
Mockery
1927
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
Mabel's Married Life
1914
as Wellington, a Ladykiller
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
A Busy Day
1914
as Husband
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Mr. Walrus
A Thief Catcher
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
My Best Girl
1927
as Judge
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915
as Ambrose
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
as Doctor
The Eagle
1925
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Madcap Ambrose
1916
as Ambrose
Laughing Gas
1914
as Patient
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
The Gusher
1913
as Villager / Cop
Sea Horses
1926
as Bimbo-Bomba
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
as Mike Kelly
Becky
1927
as Irving Spiegelberg
Soup to Nuts
1930
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Le Bottin
The Locked Door
1929
as Hotel Proprietor
Torrent
1926
as Don Matías
Lost: A Cook
1917
as Farmer Ambrose
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Ambrose
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
as Cop at Station House
A Muddy Romance
1913
as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
Caught in the Rain
1914
as Husband (uncredited)
The Idle Class
1921
as Edna's Father (uncredited)
The Nervous Wreck
1926
as Jerome Underwood
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
A Texas Steer
1927
as Bragg
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Mr. Tom Kelly
Finnegan's Ball
1927
as Patrick Flannigan
His Prehistoric Past
1914
as King Lowbrow
The Last Warning
1928
as Robert Bunce
Saved by Wireless
1915
as The Spy
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
as The Grafter
Caught in the Fog
1928
as Detective Ryan
The Sea Nymphs
1914
as Ambrose
His Trysting Places
1914
as Ambrose
The Pullman Bride
1917
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
Her Big Night
1926
as Myers, film producer
Thirst
1917
as Ambrose
Ambrose's Fury
1915
as Ambrose
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915
as Ambrose
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
as Mabel's Rival's Husband
A Gambling Rube
1914
as (unconfirmed)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
A Missing Bride
1914
Lighthouse Love
1932
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
as Ambrose
See You in Jail
1927
as Slossom
Willful Ambrose
1915
as Pa Ambrose
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
as Ambrose
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Whispering Wires
1926
as McCarthy
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
as Restaurant Proprietor
The Late Lamented
1917
as Boarder (unconfirmed)
Hello, Mabel
1914
as The Married Flirt
Heroic Ambrose
1919
as Ambrose Schnitz
A Robust Romeo
1914
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
as Fight Spectator
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
as Ambrose
The Under-Sheriff
1914
as Villager
Double Crossed
1914
as The Belle's Boyfriend
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
as Tillie's Father
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
as The Vamp's Husband
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
as Ambrose
Her First False Hare
1919
as Unknown
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
as Wilbur Ashcraft
A Movie Star
1916
as Handsome Jack
Innocent Ambrose
1920
as Ambrose Schnitz
His Naughty Thought
1917
as Walter Ambrose
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
as Ambrose
Caught in a Park
1915
as The Bartender
A Rowboat Romance
1914
as (unconfirmed)
Fatty's New Role
1915
as Ambrose Schnitz
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
1915
as Ambrose
The Home Breakers
1915
as Ambrose
Other People's Business
1914
This Way Out
1923
as The Girl's Father
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
Love and Gasoline
1914
Oh, What a Knight
1919
as The Sheriff
Full o' Spirits
1920
About Mack Swain
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 te… With 111 credits spanning from 1913 to 1998, Mack Swain has appeared in 111 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Gold Rush (1925) — as Big Jim McKay
- Kiki (1926) — as Pastryman (uncredited)
- Pay Day (1922) — as Foreman
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) — as Sir Francis Beekman
- Lighthouse Love (1932) — as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper
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