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 ...
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as ... (more)
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as ... (more)
Mabel at the Wheel (1914)
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place. (more)
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place. (more)
Sea Horses (1926)
Sea Horses is a 1926 American drama silent film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Becky Gardiner, James Shelley Hamilton and Francis Brett Young. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, William Powell, George Bancroft, Mack Swain, Frank Campeau and Allan ... (more)
Sea Horses is a 1926 American drama silent film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Becky Gardiner, James Shelley Hamilton and Francis Brett Young. The film stars Jack Holt, Florence Vidor, William Powell, George Bancroft, Mack Swain, Frank Campeau and Allan ... (more)
Caught in the Rain (1914)
When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues. (more)
When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues. (more)
Caught in a Cabaret
(1914)
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé. (more)
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé. (more)
Lighthouse Love
(1932)
Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol. (more)
Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol. (more)
The Fatal Mallet (1914)
Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty. (more)
Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty. (more)
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk. (more)
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk. (more)
Laughing Gas (1914)
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. (more)
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. (more)
His Musical Career (1914)
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St. (more)
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St. (more)
His Trysting Places (1914)
On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "trysting place". Elsewhere, after some domestic frustration, ... (more)
On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "trysting place". Elsewhere, after some domestic frustration, ... (more)
Getting Acquainted (1914)
Charlie and his wife are walking in the park when they encounter Ambrose and his wife where they become attracted to each other's wife and start chasing them around the park. A policeman out looking for a masher also becomes involved. (more)
Charlie and his wife are walking in the park when they encounter Ambrose and his wife where they become attracted to each other's wife and start chasing them around the park. A policeman out looking for a masher also becomes involved. (more)
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park. (more)
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park. (more)
Ambrose's Nasty Temper
(1915)
Ambrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter in danger. (more)
Ambrose's nasty temper gets him in trouble when he accidentally puts his boss's attractive daughter in danger. (more)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost. (more)
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost. (more)
The Sea Nymphs (1914)
Fatty, his wife and mother-in-law are on a ferry to Catalina Island for an outing. So are Mabel and her father. Mabel and Fatty flirt with each other, and Fatty tosses her father overboard, thinking he is another suitor. The boat docks and the two go their separate ... (more)
Fatty, his wife and mother-in-law are on a ferry to Catalina Island for an outing. So are Mabel and her father. Mabel and Fatty flirt with each other, and Fatty tosses her father overboard, thinking he is another suitor. The boat docks and the two go their separate ... (more)
Love and Gasoline (1914)
A short comedy directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett. believed to be a lost film. (more)
A short comedy directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett. believed to be a lost film. (more)
Madcap Ambrose (1916)
Ambrose likes his mother's assistant, but when she inherits a fortune, the obstacles to their relationship keep mounting. (more)
Ambrose likes his mother's assistant, but when she inherits a fortune, the obstacles to their relationship keep mounting. (more)
A Gambling Rube (1914)
A comedy short that revolves around a poker game, both above and underneath the table. This is considered to be a lost film. (more)
A comedy short that revolves around a poker game, both above and underneath the table. This is considered to be a lost film. (more)
Mabel’s Nerve (1914)
A silent comedy short directed by Mabel Normand. (more)
A silent comedy short directed by Mabel Normand. (more)