Mack Swain

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-02-15 (59 years old)

Deathday

1935-08-25

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Mack Swain

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...

Acting

1925

The Gold Rush

as Big Jim McKay

1914

Laughing Gas

as Patient

1914

The Fatal Mallet

as Rival Suitor (uncredited)

1914

Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Tillie's Father

1926

Hands Up!

as Silas Woodstock

1921

The Idle Class

as Edna's Father (uncredited)

1953

Yesterday and Today

as (archive footage)

1929

The Locked Door

as Hotel Proprietor

1914

A Gambling Rube

as (unconfirmed)

1914

Hello, Mabel

as The Married Flirt

1927

The Girl from Everywhere

as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director

1928

The Girl from Nowhere

as Wilbur Ashcraft

1914

A Busy Day

as Husband

1914

Caught in the Rain

as Husband (uncredited)

1914

1914

His Musical Career

as Mike, Charlie's Partner

1914

Mabel's Married Life

as Wellington, a Ladykiller

1914

1914

His Prehistoric Past

as King Lowbrow

1914

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Mr. Walrus

1922

Pay Day

as Foreman

1923

The Pilgrim

as Deacon

1914

A Thief Catcher

as Crook (uncredited)

1927

1927

Mockery

as Vladimir Gaidaroff

1923

Pitfalls of a Big City

as The Vamp's Husband

1926

Torrent

as Don Matías

1914

Leading Lizzie Astray

as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

1915

Fatty's New Role

as Ambrose Schnitz

1914

A Rowboat Romance

as (unconfirmed)

1917

The Late Lamented

as Boarder (unconfirmed)

1914

1915

Mabel Lost and Won

as Mabel's Rival's Husband

1914

Double Crossed

as The Belle's Boyfriend

1915

1915

1915

Willful Ambrose

as Pa Ambrose

1915

Ambrose's Fury

as Ambrose

1919

Oh, What a Knight

as The Sheriff

1930

1919

Heroic Ambrose

as Ambrose Schnitz

1931

Finn and Hattie

as Le Bottin

1926

Kiki

as Pastryman (uncredited)

1913

A Muddy Romance

as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant

1913

Fatty Joins the Force

as Cop at Station House

1914

1930

The Sea Bat

as Dutchy

1916

A Movie Star

as Handsome Jack

1915

1930

Redemption

as Magistrate

1916

His Bitter Pill

as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff

1916

Madcap Ambrose

as Ambrose

1914

Mabel at the Wheel

as Race Spectator (uncredited)

1914

Caught in a Cabaret

as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)

1914

The Knockout

as Gambler (uncredited)

1915

That Little Band Of Gold

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1928

Tillie's Punctured Romance

as Tillie's Father

1926

The Nervous Wreck

as Jerome Underwood

1925

The Eagle

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

1915

Caught in a Park

as The Bartender

1913

The Gusher

as Villager / Cop

1915

Ye Olden Grafter

as The Grafter

1926

1919

1918

1927

My Best Girl

as Judge

1926

Sea Horses

as Bimbo-Bomba

1928

Caught in the Fog

as Detective Ryan

1930

Soup to Nuts

as First Fat Diner (uncredited)

1927

1927

1928

The Last Warning

as Robert Bunce

1917

The Pullman Bride

as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One

1914

Fatty's Wine Party

as Restaurant Proprietor

1923

This Way Out

as The Girl's Father

1915

1917

His Naughty Thought

as Walter Ambrose

1928

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Sir Francis Beekman

1959

The Chaplin Revue

as Various (archive footage)

1927

Becky

as Irving Spiegelberg

1920

Innocent Ambrose

as Ambrose Schnitz

1943

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

as (archive footage)

1998

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)

1917

Thirst

as Ambrose

1926

Whispering Wires

as McCarthy

1932

Lighthouse Love

as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper

1914

The Sea Nymphs

as Ambrose

1915

Hogan's Romance Upset

as Fight Spectator

1935

Bad Boy

as Man on Rowing Machine

1917

Lost: A Cook

as Farmer Ambrose

1926

Her Big Night

as Myers, film producer

Production

1919

Heroic Ambrose

as Director

1920

Innocent Ambrose

as Director

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