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 K…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Gold Rush (1925) — Big Jim
2. Pay Day (1922) — Foreman
3. The Pilgrim (1923) — Deacon
4. The Idle Class (1921) — Edna's Father (uncredited)
5. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) — Tillie's Father
6. Laughing Gas (1914) — Patient
7. Mabel's Married Life (1914) — Wellington, a Ladykiller
8. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) — Tough Patron / Party Guest / Boy's Father (uncredited)
9. A Busy Day (1914) — Husband
10. The Knockout (1914) — Gambler (uncredited)
11. The Eagle (1925) — Innkeeper (uncredited)
12. His Musical Career (1914) — Mike, Charlie's Partner
13. His Prehistoric Past (1914) — King Lowbrow
14. His Trysting Places (1914) — Ambrose
15. The Fatal Mallet (1914) — Rival Suitor (uncredited)
16. Caught in the Rain (1914) — Husband (uncredited)
17. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) — Mr. Walrus
18. Getting Acquainted (1914) — Ambrose
19. Mabel at the Wheel (1914) — Race Spectator (uncredited)
20. The Chaplin Revue (1959) — Various (archive footage)
21. A Thief Catcher (1914) — Crook (uncredited)
22. The Last Warning (1928) — Robert Bunce
23. My Best Girl (1927) — Judge
24. The Beloved Rogue (1927) — Nicholas
25. The Locked Door (1929) — Hotel Proprietor
26. Soup to Nuts (1930) — First Fat Diner (uncredited)
27. Fatty Joins the Force (1913) — Cop at Station House
28. Double Crossed (1914) — The Belle's Boyfriend
29. The Sea Bat (1930) — Dutchy
30. Hands Up! (1926) — Silas Woodstock
31. Mockery (1927) — Vladimir Gaidaroff
32. Torrent (1926) — Don Matías
33. A Muddy Romance (1913) — Desk Sergeant / Park Attendant
34. That Little Band Of Gold (1915) — Audience Member (uncredited)
35. Fatty's New Role (1915) — Ambrose Schnitz
36. The Devil's Circus (1926)
37. Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) — Ambrose
38. The Nervous Wreck (1926) — Jerome Underwood
39. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) — Cafe Patron - In from the Mines
40. Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914) — Ambrose

Directed

1. Heroic Ambrose (1919) — Director
2. Innocent Ambrose (1920) — Director