Mack Swain
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 ...
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Hands Up! (1926)
Jack, a southern spy during the Civil War, must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, Native Americans, and a firing squad. (more)
Jack, a southern spy during the Civil War, must try to capture a shipment of gold. His task is complicated by the two sisters, Native Americans, and a firing squad. (more)
The Sea Bat
(1930)
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest. (more)
The sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest. (more)
My Best Girl (1927)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie ... (more)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his father's stores, to prove that he can be a success without his father's influence. There he meets stockroom girl Maggie ... (more)
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up. (more)
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up. (more)
Hello, Mabel (1914)
Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. (more)
Hello, Mabel (also known as On a Busy Wire) is a 1914 American short silent comedy film directed by Mack Sennett. (more)
Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
Mabel has just gotten engaged during a housewarming party of which her mother is the hostess. When an annoying party guest persuades Mabel to dance with him, Mabel hurries through the dance and then goes to look for her fiancé, only to discover him caressing ... (more)
Mabel has just gotten engaged during a housewarming party of which her mother is the hostess. When an annoying party guest persuades Mabel to dance with him, Mabel hurries through the dance and then goes to look for her fiancé, only to discover him caressing ... (more)
That Little Band Of Gold
(1915)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the ... (more)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the ... (more)
Hogan's Romance Upset (1915)
Charles Murray out romancing in the park. (more)
Charles Murray out romancing in the park. (more)
Fatty's New Role (1915)
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat. (more)
Fatty gets kicked out of a bar, and then the place gets a bomb threat. (more)
Leading Lizzie Astray (1914)
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire. (more)
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire. (more)
Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
Fatty's Wine Party is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. (more)
Fatty's Wine Party is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. (more)
A Robust Romeo (1914)
A Robust Romeo is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Emma Bell Clifton. (more)
A Robust Romeo is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Emma Bell Clifton. (more)
The Under-Sheriff (1914)
The Under-Sheriff is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and George Nichols. (more)
The Under-Sheriff is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and George Nichols. (more)
Fatty Joins the Force (1913)
Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be! (more)
Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be! (more)
The Last Warning (1928)
Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914)
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed. (more)
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed. (more)
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists (1998)
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919. (more)
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919. (more)
The Midnight Patrol (1932)
A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast. (more)
A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast. (more)
Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943)
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era. (more)
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era. (more)