Mack Swain
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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
Credits
The Gold Rush (1925)
as Big Jim
Lighthouse Love (1932)
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper
Hello, Mabel (1914)
as The Married Flirt
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
as Sir Francis Beekman
Kiki (1926)
as Pastryman (uncredited)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914)
as Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
The Pilgrim (1923)
as Deacon
A Busy Day (1914)
as Husband
The Eagle (1925)
as Innkeeper (uncredited)
Becky (1927)
as Irving Spiegelberg
Adventurous Ambrose (1918)
as Ambrose
Pay Day (1922)
as Foreman
Caught in the Rain (1914)
as Husband (uncredited)
The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director
My Best Girl (1927)
as Judge
Lost: A Cook (1917)
as Farmer Ambrose
A Robust Romeo (1914)
Actor
A Thief Catcher (1914)
as Crook (uncredited)
Love, Speed and Thrills (1915)
as Ambrose
Torrent (1926)
as Don Matías
See You in Jail (1927)
as Slossom
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
as Villager
The Last Warning (1928)
as Robert Bunce
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
as Rival Suitor (uncredited)
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
as Mike Kelly
Oh, What a Knight (1919)
as The Sheriff
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
as Fight Spectator
The Idle Class (1921)
as Edna's Father (uncredited)
Ambrose's Fury (1915)
as Ambrose
A Rowboat Romance (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
as Tillie's Father
Laughing Gas (1914)
as Patient
Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915)
as Ambrose
Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915)
as Ambrose
The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929)
as Mr. Tom Kelly
Cleaning Up (1930)
as Mack
Getting Acquainted (1914)
as Ambrose
The Knockout (1914)
as Gambler (uncredited)
Ye Olden Grafter (1915)
as The Grafter
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
as Race Spectator (uncredited)
His Bitter Pill (1916)
as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff
The Locked Door (1929)
as Hotel Proprietor
Gussle, the Golfer (1914)
as Ambrose
Innocent Ambrose (1920)
as Ambrose Schnitz
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
as Various (archive footage)
Caught in the Fog (1928)
as Detective Ryan
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
as King Lowbrow
Soup to Nuts (1930)
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Other People's Business (1914)
Actor
His Trysting Places (1914)
as Ambrose
The Beloved Rogue (1927)
as Nicholas
Mockery (1927)
as Vladimir Gaidaroff
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
as Mr. Walrus
His Musical Career (1914)
as Mike, Charlie's Partner
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
as Restaurant Proprietor
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
as Wellington, a Ladykiller
Fatty's New Role (1915)
as Ambrose Schnitz
Finnegan's Ball (1927)
as Patrick Flannigan
Madcap Ambrose (1916)
as Ambrose
Mabel’s Nerve (1914)
Actor
The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
as Wilbur Ashcraft
Redemption (1930)
as Magistrate
Hands Up! (1926)
as Silas Woodstock
A Muddy Romance (1913)
as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
That Little Band Of Gold (1915)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Heroic Ambrose (1919)
as Ambrose Schnitz
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
Actor
Her Big Night (1926)
as Myers, film producer
Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914)
as Ambrose
Pitfalls of a Big City (1923)
as The Vamp's Husband
Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915)
as Ambrose
Finn and Hattie (1931)
as Le Bottin
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2 (1931)
as Doctor
The Sea Bat (1930)
as Dutchy
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)
Caught in a Park (1915)
as The Bartender
His Naughty Thought (1917)
as Walter Ambrose
Thirst (1917)
as Ambrose
The Pullman Bride (1917)
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One
Footloose Widows (1926)
as Ludwig
Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1 (1931)
as Doctor
Full o' Spirits (1920)
Actor
Sea Horses (1926)
as Bimbo-Bomba
A Gambling Rube (1914)
as (unconfirmed)
The Devil's Circus (1926)
Actor
A Missing Bride (1914)
Actor
Yesterday and Today (1953)
as (archive footage)
The Gusher (1913)
as Villager / Cop
Bad Boy (1935)
as Man on Rowing Machine
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
as Ambrose
Her First False Hare (1919)
as Unknown
Whispering Wires (1926)
as McCarthy
Ambrose's Lofty Perch (1915)
as Ambrose
Double Crossed (1914)
as The Belle's Boyfriend
The Nervous Wreck (1926)
as Jerome Underwood
Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
as Mabel's Rival's Husband
When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915)
as Ambrose
Willful Ambrose (1915)
as Pa Ambrose
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
as Cop at Station House
Saved by Wireless (1915)
as The Spy
A Movie Star (1916)
as Handsome Jack
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
as (archive footage)
A Texas Steer (1927)
as Bragg
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928)
as Tillie's Father
Love and Gasoline (1914)
Actor
The Late Lamented (1917)
as Boarder (unconfirmed)
The Home Breakers (1915)
as Ambrose
This Way Out (1923)
as The Girl's Father