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