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