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 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.
111 acting credits · 2 directing credits
Acting · 111
The Gold Rush
1925
The Pilgrim
1923
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
Pay Day
1922
The Eagle
1925
The Beloved Rogue
1927
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Love and Gasoline
1914
Redemption
1930
Bad Boy
1935
Mockery
1927
Lighthouse Love
1932
Mabel's Married Life
1914
A Thief Catcher
1914
The Chaplin Revue
1959
The Sea Bat
1930
A Busy Day
1914
Torrent
1926
Madcap Ambrose
1916
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
The Knockout
1914
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
Soup to Nuts
1930
Kiki
1926
Hands Up!
1926
Caught in a Cabaret
1914
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914
His Musical Career
1914
Footloose Widows
1926
A Muddy Romance
1913
Sea Horses
1926
His Trysting Places
1914
Caught in the Rain
1914
Becky
1927
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
The Last Warning
1928
The Idle Class
1921
Fatty Joins the Force
1913
Finn and Hattie
1931
His Bitter Pill
1916
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927
Yesterday and Today
1953
The Fatal Mallet
1914
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
His Prehistoric Past
1914
The Locked Door
1929
The Midnight Patrol
1932
Thirst
1917
Laughing Gas
1914
The Gusher
1913
Cleaning Up
1930
A Texas Steer
1927
Getting Acquainted
1914
My Best Girl
1927
Caught in the Fog
1928
The Girl from Nowhere
1928
Whispering Wires
1926
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
Lighthouse Love
1932
The Girl from Everywhere
1927
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928
The Nervous Wreck
1926
Her Big Night
1926
A Gambling Rube
1914
Hello, Mabel
1914
See You in Jail
1927
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915
Lost: A Cook
1917
A Rowboat Romance
1914
The Devil's Circus
1926
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915
The Under-Sheriff
1914
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923
Saved by Wireless
1915
The Sea Nymphs
1914
Fatty's New Role
1915
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
That Little Band Of Gold
1915
The Late Lamented
1917
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
1915
A Robust Romeo
1914
Willful Ambrose
1915
The Home Breakers
1915
A Movie Star
1916
Finnegan's Ball
1927
The Pullman Bride
1917
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
This Way Out
1923
Double Crossed
1914
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
Her First False Hare
1919
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915
Heroic Ambrose
1919
Caught in a Park
1915
Ambrose's Fury
1915
A Missing Bride
1914
Oh, What a Knight
1919
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
His Naughty Thought
1917
Innocent Ambrose
1920
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
Full o' Spirits
1920
Other People's Business
1914