Mack Swain
Acting
Born 1876-02-15
Died 1935-08-25
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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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.
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Filmography
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The Gold Rush
Lighthouse Love
The Pilgrim
Caught in a Cabaret
Pay Day
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Hello, Mabel
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
The Idle Class
Caught in the Rain
Torrent
Kiki
The Chaplin Revue
Tillie's Punctured Romance
The Eagle
Bad Boy
The Knockout
Mabel at the Wheel
Gentlemen of Nerve
Adventurous Ambrose
A Thief Catcher
Love, Speed and Thrills
The Girl from Everywhere
Caught in the Fog
His Musical Career
Becky
Soup to Nuts
The Beloved Rogue
Ambrose's Fury
His Trysting Places
My Best Girl
The Locked Door
Getting Acquainted
Cleaning Up
Redemption
His Prehistoric Past
His Bitter Pill
Finn and Hattie
Hogan's Romance Upset
Sea Horses
Madcap Ambrose
The Shamrock and the Rose
Leading Lizzie Astray
Mabel's Married Life
The Fatal Mallet
A Busy Day
Laughing Gas
The Gusher
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Ye Olden Grafter
Whispering Wires
Fatty's Wine Party
The Under-Sheriff
Lost: A Cook
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
The Last Warning
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Fatty's New Role
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
A Muddy Romance
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