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