Mack Swain
Personal Info
Known For Actor
Gender Male
Birthday 1876-02-15
Deathday 1935-08-25 (59 years old)
Place of Birth Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Also Known As Moroni Swain, Мак Свейн
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 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
Actor
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
as Various (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper
as Le Bottin
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
as Mack
as Dutchy
as Magistrate
as Hotel Proprietor
as Robert Bunce
as Detective Ryan
as Wilbur Ashcraft
as Tillie's Father
as Sir Francis Beekman
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
as Bragg
as Irving Spiegelberg
as Judge
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
as Mike Kelly
as Nicholas
as Jerome Underwood
as Ludwig
as Pastryman (uncredited)
as Bimbo-Bomba
as Don Matías
as Silas Woodstock
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
as Big Jim McKay
as The Vamp's Husband
as The Girl's Father
as Deacon
as Foreman
as Edna's Father (uncredited)
as Ambrose Schnitz
as Ambrose Schnitz
as Unknown
as The Sheriff
as Ambrose
as Boarder (unconfirmed)
as Ambrose
as Walter Ambrose
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
as Ambrose
as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
as Handsome Jack
as The Spy
as Ambrose
as Mabel's Rival's Husband
as Ambrose
as Ambrose
as Ambrose
as Ambrose
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Pa Ambrose
as Ambrose
as The Grafter
as Fight Spectator
as The Bartender
as Ambrose Schnitz
as Ambrose
as Ambrose
as Ambrose
as Tillie's Father
as Ambrose
as King Lowbrow
as Ambrose
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
as Ambrose
as Restaurant Proprietor
as Ambrose
as Mike, Charlie's Partner
as Mr. Walrus
as The Married Flirt
as Patient
as (unconfirmed)
as Wellington, a Ladykiller
as (unconfirmed)
as Gambler (uncredited)
as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
as Husband
as Husband (uncredited)
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
as Crook (uncredited)
as The Belle's Boyfriend
as Villager
as Villager / Cop
as Cop at Station House
as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
Director
as Director
as Director