Mack Swain
Age: 59 | From: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1876-02-16 06:10:49
Death: 1935-08-25 06:10:49
Aliases: Moroni Swain , Мак Свейн
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 23
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
The Eagle
(1925) Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Locked Door
(1929) Hotel Proprietor
The Last Warning
(1928) Robert Bunce
Torrent
(1926) Don Matías
The Beloved Rogue
(1927) Nicholas
Caught in a Park
(1915) The Bartender
Mockery
(1927) Vladimir Gaidaroff
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
(1915) AmbroseActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Big Jim McKay (archive footage) | |
| 1959 | Various (archive footage) | |
| 1953 | (archive footage) | |
| 1943 | (archive footage) | |
| 1932 | Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper | |
| N/A | ||
| 1931 | N/A | |
| Le Bottin | ||
| 1930 | First Fat Diner (uncredited) | |
| Mack | ||
| Dutchy | ||
| Magistrate | ||
| 1929 | Hotel Proprietor | |
| 1928 | Robert Bunce | |
| Detective Ryan | ||
| Wilbur Ashcraft | ||
| Tillie's Father | ||
| Sir Francis Beekman | ||
| 1927 | Wilfred Ashcraft - Director | |
| Bragg | ||
| Irving Spiegelberg | ||
| Judge | ||
| Vladimir Gaidaroff | ||
| Mike Kelly | ||
| Nicholas | ||
| 1926 | N/A | |
| Jerome Underwood | ||
| Ludwig | ||
| Pastryman | ||
| Bimbo-Bomba | ||
| Don Matías | ||
| Silas Woodstock | ||
| 1925 | Innkeeper (uncredited) | |
| Big Jim McKay | ||
| 1923 | The Vamp's Husband | |
| The Girl's Father | ||
| Deacon | ||
| 1922 | Foreman | |
| 1921 | Edna's Father (uncredited) | |
| 1920 | Ambrose Schnitz | |
| 1919 | Ambrose Schnitz | |
| The Sheriff | ||
| 1917 | Boarder (unconfirmed) | |
| Ambrose | ||
| Walter Ambrose | ||
| Rover Peabody - the Chosen One | ||
| 1916 | Ambrose | |
| Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff | ||
| Handsome Jack | ||
| 1915 | The Spy | |
| Ambrose | ||
| Mabel's Rival's Husband | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Audience Member (uncredited) | ||
| Pa Ambrose | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| The Grafter | ||
| Fight Spectator | ||
| The Bartender | ||
| Ambrose Schnitz | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| 1914 | Ambrose | |
| Tillie's Father | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| King Lowbrow | ||
| N/A | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Cafe Patron - In from the Mines | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Restaurant Proprietor | ||
| Ambrose | ||
| Mike, Charlie's Partner | ||
| Mr. Walrus | ||
| The Married Flirt | ||
| Patient | ||
| (unconfirmed) | ||
| Wellington, a Ladykiller | ||
| (unconfirmed) | ||
| Gambler (uncredited) | ||
| Rival Suitor (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Husband | ||
| Husband (uncredited) | ||
| Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited) | ||
| Race Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Crook (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| The Belle's Boyfriend | ||
| Villager | ||
| 1913 | Villager / Cop | |
| Cop at Station House | ||
| Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant | ||
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Director | |
| 1919 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |