
Mack Swain
Born February 15, 1876 · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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.
Notable Appearances
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The Eagle

Pay Day

See You in Jail

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Caught in the Rain

The Girl from Everywhere

Hello, Mabel

Mabel at the Wheel

The Idle Class

The Devil's Circus

Lighthouse Love

Kiki

Becky

Mabel's Married Life

That Little Band Of Gold

Love, Speed and Thrills

The Knockout

Caught in the Fog

The Last Warning

Torrent

Soup to Nuts

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Hogan's Romance Upset

Fatty Joins the Force

The Shamrock and the Rose

Pitfalls of a Big City

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

A Busy Day

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

My Best Girl

Ambrose's First Falsehood

Laughing Gas

Fatty's New Role

The Girl from Nowhere

Bad Boy

Leading Lizzie Astray

The Locked Door

The Beloved Rogue

The Fatal Mallet

Gentlemen of Nerve

A Thief Catcher

Getting Acquainted

Yesterday and Today

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

The Midnight Patrol

Sea Horses

His Prehistoric Past

The Sea Bat

Mabel Lost and Won

His Bitter Pill

Redemption

When Ambrose Dared Walrus

Ambrose's Little Hatchet

His Musical Career

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City

Ambrose's Lofty Perch

His Trysting Places

Her First False Hare

Whispering Wires

Mockery

Finnegan's Ball

Finn and Hattie

Madcap Ambrose

Footloose Widows

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

The Pullman Bride

The Nervous Wreck

Hands Up!

Lost: A Cook

A Texas Steer

Double Crossed

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

Her Big Night

Willful Ambrose

The Late Lamented

Thirst

His Naughty Thought

A Muddy Romance

Full o' Spirits

The Home Breakers

A Movie Star




