Mack Swain
Acting
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.
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
The Chaplin Revue
Various (archive footage)
Yesterday and Today
(archive footage)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
Bad Boy
Man on Rowing Machine
Lighthouse Love
Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper
The Midnight Patrol
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
Doctor
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
Doctor
Finn and Hattie
Le Bottin
Soup to Nuts
First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Cleaning Up
Mack
The Sea Bat
Dutchy
Redemption
Magistrate
The Locked Door
Hotel Proprietor
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
Mr. Tom Kelly
The Last Warning
Robert Bunce
Caught in the Fog
Detective Ryan
The Girl from Nowhere
Wilbur Ashcraft
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Father
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Sir Francis Beekman
The Girl from Everywhere
Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
A Texas Steer
Bragg
Becky
Irving Spiegelberg
My Best Girl
Judge
Finnegan's Ball
Patrick Flannigan
Mockery
Vladimir Gaidaroff
See You in Jail
Slossom
The Shamrock and the Rose
Mike Kelly
The Beloved Rogue
Nicholas
Whispering Wires
McCarthy
Her Big Night
Myers, film producer
The Nervous Wreck
Jerome Underwood
Footloose Widows
Ludwig
Kiki
Pastryman (uncredited)
Sea Horses
Bimbo-Bomba
Torrent
Don Matías
The Devil's Circus
Hands Up!
Silas Woodstock
The Eagle
Innkeeper (uncredited)
The Gold Rush
Big Jim McKay
Pitfalls of a Big City
The Vamp's Husband
This Way Out
The Girl's Father
The Pilgrim
Deacon
Pay Day
Foreman
The Idle Class
Edna's Father (uncredited)
Full o' Spirits
Innocent Ambrose
Ambrose Schnitz
Heroic Ambrose
Ambrose Schnitz
Her First False Hare
Unknown
Oh, What a Knight
The Sheriff
Adventurous Ambrose
Ambrose
The Late Lamented
Boarder (unconfirmed)
Lost: A Cook
Farmer Ambrose
Thirst
Ambrose
His Naughty Thought
Walter Ambrose
The Pullman Bride
Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
Madcap Ambrose
Ambrose
His Bitter Pill
Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
A Movie Star
Handsome Jack
Saved by Wireless
The Spy
When Ambrose Dared Walrus
Ambrose
Mabel Lost and Won
Mabel's Rival's Husband
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Ambrose
Ambrose's Lofty Perch
Ambrose
Ambrose's Fury
Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet
Ambrose
That Little Band Of Gold
Audience Member (uncredited)
Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Ambrose
Willful Ambrose
Pa Ambrose
Ye Olden Grafter
The Grafter
Hogan's Romance Upset
Fight Spectator
Caught in a Park
The Bartender
The Home Breakers
Ambrose
Fatty's New Role
Ambrose Schnitz
Love, Speed and Thrills
Ambrose
Gussle, the Golfer
Ambrose
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tillie's Father
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Ambrose
His Prehistoric Past
King Lowbrow
Other People's Business
Getting Acquainted
Ambrose
Leading Lizzie Astray
Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
The Sea Nymphs
Ambrose
Fatty's Wine Party
Restaurant Proprietor
His Trysting Places
Ambrose
His Musical Career
Mike, Charlie's Partner
Gentlemen of Nerve
Mr. Walrus
Hello, Mabel
The Married Flirt
Laughing Gas
Patient
A Rowboat Romance
(unconfirmed)
Mabel's Married Life
Wellington, a Ladykiller
A Missing Bride
A Gambling Rube
(unconfirmed)
The Knockout
Gambler (uncredited)
The Fatal Mallet
Rival Suitor (uncredited)
Mabel’s Nerve
A Busy Day
Husband
Caught in the Rain
Husband (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret
Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
Mabel at the Wheel
Race Spectator (uncredited)
Love and Gasoline
A Thief Catcher
Crook (uncredited)
A Robust Romeo
Double Crossed
The Belle's Boyfriend
The Under-Sheriff
Villager
The Gusher
Villager / Cop
Fatty Joins the Force
Cop at Station House
A Muddy Romance
Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant