Mack Swain
Known for Acting · 110 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
The Gold Rush
1925
as Big Jim
Lighthouse Love
1932
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
Hello, Mabel
1914
as The Married Flirt
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
as Sir Francis Beekman
Kiki
1926
as Pastryman (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
Movies (110)
The Gold Rush
1925
as Big Jim
Lighthouse Love
1932
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
Hello, Mabel
1914
as The Married Flirt
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
as Sir Francis Beekman
Kiki
1926
as Pastryman (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
The Pilgrim
1923
as Deacon
A Busy Day
1914
as Husband
The Eagle
1925
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Becky
1927
as Irving Spiegelberg
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
as Ambrose
Pay Day
1922
as Foreman
Caught in the Rain
1914
as Husband (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
My Best Girl
1927
as Judge
Lost: A Cook
1917
as Farmer Ambrose
A Robust Romeo
1914
A Thief Catcher
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
as Ambrose
Torrent
1926
as Don Matías
See You in Jail
1927
as Slossom
The Under-Sheriff
1914
as Villager
The Last Warning
1928
as Robert Bunce
The Fatal Mallet
1914
as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
as Mike Kelly
Oh, What a Knight
1919
as The Sheriff
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
as Fight Spectator
The Idle Class
1921
as Edna's Father (uncredited)
Ambrose's Fury
1915
as Ambrose
A Rowboat Romance
1914
as (unconfirmed)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Tillie's Father
Laughing Gas
1914
as Patient
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915
as Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915
as Ambrose
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Mr. Tom Kelly
Cleaning Up
1930
as Mack
Getting Acquainted
1914
as Ambrose
The Knockout
1914
as Gambler (uncredited)
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
as The Grafter
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
His Bitter Pill
1916
as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
The Locked Door
1929
as Hotel Proprietor
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
as Ambrose
Innocent Ambrose
1920
as Ambrose Schnitz
The Chaplin Revue
1959
as Various (archive footage)
Caught in the Fog
1928
as Detective Ryan
His Prehistoric Past
1914
as King Lowbrow
Soup to Nuts
1930
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Other People's Business
1914
His Trysting Places
1914
as Ambrose
The Beloved Rogue
1927
as Nicholas
Mockery
1927
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Mr. Walrus
His Musical Career
1914
as Mike, Charlie's Partner
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
as Restaurant Proprietor
Mabel's Married Life
1914
as Wellington, a Ladykiller
Fatty's New Role
1915
as Ambrose Schnitz
Finnegan's Ball
1927
as Patrick Flannigan
Madcap Ambrose
1916
as Ambrose
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
as Wilbur Ashcraft
Redemption
1930
as Magistrate
Hands Up!
1926
as Silas Woodstock
A Muddy Romance
1913
as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Heroic Ambrose
1919
as Ambrose Schnitz
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Her Big Night
1926
as Myers, film producer
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Ambrose
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
as The Vamp's Husband
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
as Ambrose
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Le Bottin
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
as Doctor
The Sea Bat
1930
as Dutchy
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
Caught in a Park
1915
as The Bartender
His Naughty Thought
1917
as Walter Ambrose
Thirst
1917
as Ambrose
The Pullman Bride
1917
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
Footloose Widows
1926
as Ludwig
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
as Doctor
Full o' Spirits
1920
Sea Horses
1926
as Bimbo-Bomba
A Gambling Rube
1914
as (unconfirmed)
The Devil's Circus
1926
A Missing Bride
1914
Yesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
The Gusher
1913
as Villager / Cop
Bad Boy
1935
as Man on Rowing Machine
The Sea Nymphs
1914
as Ambrose
Her First False Hare
1919
as Unknown
Whispering Wires
1926
as McCarthy
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
1915
as Ambrose
Double Crossed
1914
as The Belle's Boyfriend
The Nervous Wreck
1926
as Jerome Underwood
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
as Mabel's Rival's Husband
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
as Ambrose
Willful Ambrose
1915
as Pa Ambrose
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
as Cop at Station House
Saved by Wireless
1915
as The Spy
A Movie Star
1916
as Handsome Jack
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
A Texas Steer
1927
as Bragg
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
as Tillie's Father
Love and Gasoline
1914
The Late Lamented
1917
as Boarder (unconfirmed)
The Home Breakers
1915
as Ambrose
This Way Out
1923
as The Girl's Father
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 110 credits spanning from 1913 to 1998, Mack Swain has appeared in 110 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Gold Rush (1925) — as Big Jim
- Lighthouse Love (1932) — as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
- Hello, Mabel (1914) — as The Married Flirt
- Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) — as Sir Francis Beekman
- Kiki (1926) — as Pastryman (uncredited)
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