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person_profile-Mack Swain

Mack Swain Died at age: 59

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Mack Swain

Date of Birth:

Feb 15, 1876

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Aug 25, 1935

Biography of

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.

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Filmography of

Mack Swain

Found 31 Movies in total

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

Big Jim McKay (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1998

The Chaplin Revue

Various (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1959

Yesterday and Today

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1953

Bad Boy

Man on Rowing Machine ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1932

Finn and Hattie

Le Bottin ( Actor )

... 1931

Soup to Nuts

First Fat Diner (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1930

The Sea Bat

Dutchy ( Actor )

... 1930

Redemption

Magistrate ( Actor )

... 1930

The Locked Door

Hotel Proprietor ( Actor )

... 1929

The Last Warning

Robert Bunce ( Actor )

... 1928

Caught in the Fog

Detective Ryan ( Actor )

... 1928

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Father ( Actor )

... 1928

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Sir Francis Beekman ( Actor )

... 1928

The Girl from Everywhere

Wilfred Ashcraft - Director ( Actor )

... 1927

A Texas Steer

Bragg ( Actor )

... 1927

My Best Girl

Judge ( Actor )

... 1927

Mockery

Vladimir Gaidaroff ( Actor )

... 1927

The Shamrock and the Rose

Mike Kelly ( Actor )

... 1927

The Beloved Rogue

Nicholas ( Actor )

... 1927

... 1926

The Nervous Wreck

Jerome Underwood ( Actor )

... 1926

Footloose Widows

Ludwig ( Actor )

... 1926

Kiki

Pastryman ( Actor )

... 1926

Sea Horses

Bimbo-Bomba ( Actor )

... 1926

Torrent

Don Matías ( Actor )

... 1926

Hands Up!

Silas Woodstock ( Actor )

... 1926

The Eagle

Innkeeper (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1925

The Gold Rush

Big Jim McKay ( Actor )

... 1925

The Pilgrim

Deacon ( Actor )

... 1923

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Father ( Actor )

... 1914