Acting · Salt Lake City, Utah, USA · Born February 15, 1876
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.
MovieStar Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
MovieThe Chaplin Revue
1959
as Various (archive footage)
MovieYesterday and Today
1953
as (archive footage)
MovieHappy Times and Jolly Moments
1943
as (archive footage)
MovieBad Boy
1935
as Man on Rowing Machine
MovieLighthouse Love
1932
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
MovieThe Midnight Patrol
1932
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
MovieLove, Be with Humanity: Part 1
1931
as Doctor
MovieLove, Be with Humanity: Part 2
1931
as Doctor
MovieFinn and Hattie
1931
as Le Bottin
MovieSoup to Nuts
1930
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Cleaning Up
1930
as Mack
MovieThe Sea Bat
1930
as Dutchy
MovieRedemption
1930
as Magistrate
MovieThe Locked Door
1929
as Hotel Proprietor
MovieThe Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
1929
as Mr. Tom Kelly
MovieThe Last Warning
1928
as Robert Bunce
MovieCaught in the Fog
1928
as Detective Ryan
MovieThe Girl from Nowhere
1928
as Wilbur Ashcraft
MovieTillie's Punctured Romance
1928
as Tillie's Father
MovieGentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928
as Sir Francis Beekman
MovieThe Girl from Everywhere
1927
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
MovieA Texas Steer
1927
as Bragg
MovieBecky
1927
as Irving Spiegelberg
MovieMy Best Girl
1927
as Judge
MovieFinnegan's Ball
1927
as Patrick Flannigan
MovieMockery
1927
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
MovieSee You in Jail
1927
as Slossom
MovieThe Shamrock and the Rose
1927
as Mike Kelly
MovieThe Beloved Rogue
1927
as Nicholas
MovieWhispering Wires
1926
as McCarthy
MovieHer Big Night
1926
as Myers, film producer
MovieThe Nervous Wreck
1926
as Jerome Underwood
MovieFootloose Widows
1926
as Ludwig
MovieKiki
1926
as Pastryman (uncredited)
MovieSea Horses
1926
as Bimbo-Bomba
MovieTorrent
1926
as Don Matías
MovieThe Devil's Circus
1926
MovieHands Up!
1926
as Silas Woodstock
MovieThe Eagle
1925
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
MovieThe Gold Rush
1925
as Big Jim
MoviePitfalls of a Big City
1923
as The Vamp's Husband
This Way Out
1923
as The Girl's Father
MovieThe Pilgrim
1923
as Deacon
MoviePay Day
1922
as Foreman
MovieThe Idle Class
1921
as Edna's Father (uncredited)
MovieFull o' Spirits
1920
Innocent Ambrose
1920
as Ambrose Schnitz
Heroic Ambrose
1919
as Ambrose Schnitz
MovieHer First False Hare
1919
as Unknown
Oh, What a Knight
1919
as The Sheriff
Adventurous Ambrose
1918
as Ambrose
MovieThe Late Lamented
1917
as Boarder (unconfirmed)
MovieLost: A Cook
1917
as Farmer Ambrose
MovieThirst
1917
as Ambrose
MovieHis Naughty Thought
1917
as Walter Ambrose
MovieThe Pullman Bride
1917
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
MovieMadcap Ambrose
1916
as Ambrose
MovieHis Bitter Pill
1916
as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
MovieA Movie Star
1916
as Handsome Jack
Saved by Wireless
1915
as The Spy
MovieWhen Ambrose Dared Walrus
1915
as Ambrose
MovieMabel Lost and Won
1915
as Mabel's Rival's Husband
MovieAmbrose's Nasty Temper
1915
as Ambrose
MovieAmbrose's Lofty Perch
1915
as Ambrose
Ambrose's Fury
1915
as Ambrose
MovieAmbrose's Little Hatchet
1915
as Ambrose
MovieThat Little Band Of Gold
1915
as Audience Member (uncredited)
MovieWillful Ambrose
1915
as Pa Ambrose
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
1915
as Ambrose
Ye Olden Grafter
1915
as The Grafter
MovieHogan's Romance Upset
1915
as Fight Spectator
Caught in a Park
1915
as The Bartender
MovieFatty's New Role
1915
as Ambrose Schnitz
MovieThe Home Breakers
1915
as Ambrose
MovieLove, Speed and Thrills
1915
as Ambrose
Gussle, the Golfer
1914
as Ambrose
MovieTillie's Punctured Romance
1914
as Tillie's Father
MovieAmbrose's First Falsehood
1914
as Ambrose
Other People's Business
1914
MovieHis Prehistoric Past
1914
as King Lowbrow
MovieGetting Acquainted
1914
as Ambrose
MovieLeading Lizzie Astray
1914
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Sea Nymphs
1914
as Ambrose
Fatty's Wine Party
1914
as Restaurant Proprietor
MovieHis Trysting Places
1914
as Ambrose
MovieHis Musical Career
1914
as Mike, Charlie's Partner
MovieGentlemen of Nerve
1914
as Mr. Walrus
MovieHello, Mabel
1914
as The Married Flirt
MovieLaughing Gas
1914
as Patient
A Rowboat Romance
1914
as (unconfirmed)
MovieMabel's Married Life
1914
as Wellington, a Ladykiller
A Missing Bride
1914
A Gambling Rube
1914
as (unconfirmed)
MovieThe Knockout
1914
as Gambler (uncredited)
MovieThe Fatal Mallet
1914
as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
Mabel’s Nerve
1914
MovieA Busy Day
1914
as Husband
MovieCaught in the Rain
1914
as Husband (uncredited)
MovieCaught in a Cabaret
1914
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
MovieMabel at the Wheel
1914
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
Love and Gasoline
1914
MovieA Thief Catcher
1914
as Crook (uncredited)
A Robust Romeo
1914
MovieDouble Crossed
1914
as The Belle's Boyfriend
The Under-Sheriff
1914
as Villager
MovieThe Gusher
1913
as Villager / Cop
MovieFatty Joins the Force
1913
as Cop at Station House
MovieA Muddy Romance
1913
as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
