Mack Swain

ActorDirector Feb 15 (died age 59) Salt Lake City, Utah, USA 1913–1998 (85 year career)

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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 Studio…

Known For

Film

The Gold Rush

Big Jim McKay

Film

Pay Day

Foreman

Film

The Pilgrim

Deacon

Film

The Idle Class

Edna's Father (uncredited)

Film

The Chaplin Revue

Various (archive footage)

Film

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Father

Film

Mabel's Married Life

Wellington, a Ladykiller

Film

The Eagle

Innkeeper (uncredited)

Filmography

Acting (109)

Movies (109)

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists

1998

as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)

The Chaplin Revue

1959

as Various (archive footage)

7.4

Yesterday and Today

1953

as (archive footage)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments

1943

as (archive footage)

Bad Boy

1935

as Man on Rowing Machine

5.0

Lighthouse Love

1932

as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper

5.5

The Midnight Patrol

1932

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands

1931

6.0

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2

1931

as Doctor

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1

1931

as Doctor

Finn and Hattie

1931

as Le Bottin

5.3

Soup to Nuts

1930

as First Fat Diner (uncredited)

Redemption

as Magistrate

Cleaning Up

as Mack

The Sea Bat

as Dutchy

The Locked Door

as Hotel Proprietor

The Last Warning

as Robert Bunce

The Girl from Nowhere

1928

as Wilbur Ashcraft

Caught in the Fog

1928

as Detective Ryan

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1928

as Sir Francis Beekman

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1928

as Tillie's Father

6.0

The Girl from Everywhere

1927

as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director

My Best Girl

1927

as Judge

7.0

Becky

1927

as Irving Spiegelberg

The Shamrock and the Rose

1927

as Mike Kelly

5.5

Mockery

1927

as Vladimir Gaidaroff

The Beloved Rogue

as Nicholas

Finnegan's Ball

as Patrick Flannigan

See You in Jail

1927

as Slossom

A Texas Steer

1927

as Bragg

Torrent

1926

as Don Matías

6.7

Kiki

1926

as Pastryman (uncredited)

Hands Up!

as Silas Woodstock

Sea Horses

as Bimbo-Bomba

Whispering Wires

1926

as McCarthy

The Devil's Circus

The Nervous Wreck

as Jerome Underwood

Her Big Night

as Myers, film producer

Footloose Widows

1926

as Ludwig

The Gold Rush

1925

as Big Jim McKay

8.0

The Eagle

1925

as Innkeeper (uncredited)

6.3

Pitfalls of a Big City

1923

as The Vamp's Husband

The Pilgrim

1923

as Deacon

6.8

This Way Out

1923

as The Girl's Father

Pay Day

1922

as Foreman

7.0

The Idle Class

1921

as Edna's Father (uncredited)

6.7

Full o' Spirits

1920

Innocent Ambrose

1920

as Ambrose Schnitz

Her First False Hare

1919

as Unknown

Heroic Ambrose

1919

as Ambrose Schnitz

1.0

Oh, What a Knight

1919

as The Sheriff

Adventurous Ambrose

1918

as Ambrose

The Pullman Bride

1917

as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One

Thirst

1917

as Ambrose

The Late Lamented

1917

as Boarder (unconfirmed)

Lost: A Cook

1917

as Farmer Ambrose

His Naughty Thought

1917

as Walter Ambrose

Madcap Ambrose

1916

as Ambrose

4.0

His Bitter Pill

1916

as Jim - a Big Hearted Sheriff

A Movie Star

as Handsome Jack

Fatty's New Role

as Ambrose Schnitz

Mabel Lost and Won

as Mabel's Rival's Husband

6.2

Caught in a Park

1915

as The Bartender

5.0

Ambrose's Little Hatchet

as Ambrose

Willful Ambrose

as Pa Ambrose

Ambrose's Fury

as Ambrose

Ye Olden Grafter

as The Grafter

Love, Speed and Thrills

1915

as Ambrose

5.0

Hogan's Romance Upset

1915

as Fight Spectator

5.0

Ambrose's Nasty Temper

1915

as Ambrose

5.0

That Little Band Of Gold

1915

as Audience Member (uncredited)

5.1

The Home Breakers

1915

as Ambrose

Ambrose's Lofty Perch

1915

as Ambrose

4.5

When Ambrose Dared Walrus

1915

as Ambrose

5.0

Ambrose's Sour Grapes

1915

as Ambrose

5.0

Saved by Wireless

1915

as The Spy

His Musical Career

1914

as Mike, Charlie's Partner

6.0

A Missing Bride

1914

The Fatal Mallet

1914

as Rival Suitor (uncredited)

5.4

Ambrose's First Falsehood

1914

as Ambrose

4.2

Double Crossed

1914

as The Belle's Boyfriend

4.6

Mabel's Married Life

1914

as Wellington, a Ladykiller

Getting Acquainted

as Ambrose

Laughing Gas

as Patient

Hello, Mabel

as The Married Flirt

Caught in a Cabaret

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

5.7

The Under-Sheriff

1914

as Villager

A Busy Day

1914

as Husband

4.7

The Knockout

1914

as Gambler (uncredited)

His Trysting Places

as Ambrose

A Gambling Rube

as (unconfirmed)

His Prehistoric Past

as King Lowbrow

Gentlemen of Nerve

as Mr. Walrus

Caught in the Rain

as Husband (uncredited)

5.6

A Thief Catcher

1914

as Crook (uncredited)

4.9

Tillie's Punctured Romance

1914

as Tillie's Father

6.1

Fatty's Wine Party

1914

as Restaurant Proprietor

Gussle, the Golfer

1914

as Ambrose

5.0

A Robust Romeo

1914

Other People's Business

1914

Mabel at the Wheel

1914

as Race Spectator (uncredited)

5.6

Mabel’s Nerve

1914

Leading Lizzie Astray

1914

as Cafe Patron - In from the Mines

4.2

A Rowboat Romance

1914

as (unconfirmed)

The Sea Nymphs

1914

as Ambrose

Love and Gasoline

1914

A Muddy Romance

1913

as Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant

4.8

The Gusher

1913

as Villager / Cop

4.5

Fatty Joins the Force

1913

as Cop at Station House

5.4

Crew (2)

Movies (2)

Innocent Ambrose

1920

Director

Heroic Ambrose

1919

Director

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