Mack Swain
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Feb 15, 1876
- Died
- Aug 25, 1935 (aged 59)
- Place of birth
- Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- Credits
- 110
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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.
Known for
Filmography
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998Movie
Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
1959Movie
Various (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
1953Movie
(archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943Movie
(archive footage)
Bad Boy
1935Movie
Man on Rowing Machine
Lighthouse Love
1932Movie
Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
The Midnight Patrol
1932Movie
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931Movie
Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931Movie
Doctor
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931Movie
Doctor
Finn and Hattie
1931Movie
Le Bottin
Soup to Nuts
1930Movie
First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Cleaning Up
1930Movie
Mack
The Sea Bat
1930Movie
Dutchy
Redemption
1930Movie
Magistrate
The Locked Door
1929Movie
Hotel Proprietor
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929Movie
Mr. Tom Kelly
The Last Warning
1928Movie
Robert Bunce
Caught in the Fog
1928Movie
Detective Ryan
The Girl from Nowhere
1928Movie
Wilbur Ashcraft
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1928Movie
Tillie's Father
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928Movie
Sir Francis Beekman
The Girl from Everywhere
1927Movie
Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
A Texas Steer
1927Movie
Bragg
Becky
1927Movie
Irving Spiegelberg
My Best Girl
1927Movie
Judge
Finnegan's Ball
1927Movie
Patrick Flannigan
Mockery
1927Movie
Vladimir Gaidaroff
See You in Jail
1927Movie
Slossom
The Shamrock and the Rose
1927Movie
Mike Kelly
The Beloved Rogue
1927Movie
Nicholas
Whispering Wires
1926Movie
McCarthy
Her Big Night
1926Movie
Myers, film producer
The Nervous Wreck
1926Movie
Jerome Underwood
Footloose Widows
1926Movie
Ludwig
Kiki
1926Movie
Pastryman (uncredited)
Sea Horses
1926Movie
Bimbo-Bomba
Torrent
1926Movie
Don Matías
The Devil's Circus
1926Movie
Hands Up!
1926Movie
Silas Woodstock
The Eagle
1925Movie
Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Gold Rush
1925Movie
Big Jim
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923Movie
The Vamp's Husband
This Way Out
1923Movie
The Girl's Father
The Pilgrim
1923Movie
Deacon
Pay Day
1922Movie
Foreman
The Idle Class
1921Movie
Edna's Father (uncredited)
Full o' Spirits
1920Movie
Innocent Ambrose
1920Movie
Ambrose Schnitz
Heroic Ambrose
1919Movie
Ambrose Schnitz
Her First False Hare
1919Movie
Unknown
Oh, What a Knight
1919Movie
The Sheriff
Adventurous Ambrose
1918Movie
Ambrose
The Late Lamented
1917Movie
Boarder (unconfirmed)
Lost: A Cook
1917Movie
Farmer Ambrose
Thirst
1917Movie
Ambrose
His Naughty Thought
1917Movie
Walter Ambrose
The Pullman Bride
1917Movie
Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
Madcap Ambrose
1916Movie
Ambrose
His Bitter Pill
1916Movie
Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
A Movie Star
1916Movie
Handsome Jack
Saved by Wireless
1915Movie
The Spy
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915Movie
Ambrose
Mabel Lost and Won
1915Movie
Mabel's Rival's Husband
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
1915Movie
Ambrose
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
1915Movie
Ambrose
Ambrose's Fury
1915Movie
Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
1915Movie
Ambrose
That Little Band Of Gold
1915Movie
Audience Member (uncredited)
Willful Ambrose
1915Movie
Pa Ambrose
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915Movie
Ambrose
Ye Olden Grafter
1915Movie
The Grafter
Hogan's Romance Upset
1915Movie
Fight Spectator
Caught in a Park
1915Movie
The Bartender
Fatty's New Role
1915Movie
Ambrose Schnitz
The Home Breakers
1915Movie
Ambrose
Love, Speed and Thrills
1915Movie
Ambrose
Gussle, the Golfer
1914Movie
Ambrose
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914Movie
Tillie's Father
Ambrose's First Falsehood
1914Movie
Ambrose
Other People's Business
1914Movie
His Prehistoric Past
1914Movie
King Lowbrow
Getting Acquainted
1914Movie
Ambrose
Leading Lizzie Astray
1914Movie
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Sea Nymphs
1914Movie
Ambrose
Fatty's Wine Party
1914Movie
Restaurant Proprietor
His Trysting Places
1914Movie
Ambrose
His Musical Career
1914Movie
Mike, Charlie's Partner
Gentlemen of Nerve
1914Movie
Mr. Walrus
Hello, Mabel
1914Movie
The Married Flirt
Laughing Gas
1914Movie
Patient
A Rowboat Romance
1914Movie
(unconfirmed)
Mabel's Married Life
1914Movie
Wellington, a Ladykiller
A Missing Bride
1914Movie
A Gambling Rube
1914Movie
(unconfirmed)
The Knockout
1914Movie
Gambler (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
1914Movie
Rival Suitor (uncredited)
Mabel’s Nerve
1914Movie
A Busy Day
1914Movie
Husband
Caught in the Rain
1914Movie
Husband (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
1914Movie
Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
1914Movie
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Love and Gasoline
1914Movie
A Thief Catcher
1914Movie
Crook (uncredited)
A Robust Romeo
1914Movie
Double Crossed
1914Movie
The Belle's Boyfriend
The Under-Sheriff
1914Movie
Villager
The Gusher
1913Movie
Villager / Cop
Fatty Joins the Force
1913Movie
Cop at Station House
A Muddy Romance
1913Movie
Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant