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Mack Swain

Mack Swain

Birthday: 1876-02-16 | Place of Birth: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1929
The Locked Door

as    Hotel Proprietor

1928
The Last Warning

as    Robert Bunce

1926
Torrent

as    Don Matías

1926
The Nervous Wreck

as    Jerome Underwood

1926
Kiki

as    Pastryman (uncredited)

1925
The Gold Rush

as    Big Jim McKay

1923
The Pilgrim

as    Deacon

1922
Pay Day

as    Foreman

1917
Thirst

as    Ambrose

1914
Getting Acquainted

as    Ambrose

1914
The Fatal Mallet

as    Another rival

1914
A Thief Catcher

as    Crook (uncredited)

1914
A Busy Day

as    Husband

1914
Caught in the Rain

as    Husband (uncredited)

1914
His Prehistoric Past

as    King Lowbrow

1914
His Musical Career

as    Mike, Charlie's Partner

1914
Gentlemen of Nerve

as    Mr. Walrus

1914
Laughing Gas

as    Patient

1914
Mabel's Married Life

as    Wellington, a Ladykiller