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The Locked Door

as Hotel Proprietor

1929
The Last Warning

as Robert Bunce

1928
Torrent

as Don Matías

1926
Kiki

as Pastryman (uncredited)

1926
The Nervous Wreck

as Jerome Underwood

1926
The Gold Rush

as Big Jim McKay

1925
The Pilgrim

as Deacon

1923
Pay Day

as Foreman

1922
Thirst

as Ambrose

1917
Laughing Gas

as Patient

1914
The Fatal Mallet

as Another rival

1914
Caught in the Rain

as Husband (uncredited)

1914
A Busy Day

as Husband

1914
Mabel's Married Life

as Wellington, a Ladykiller

1914
Gentlemen of Nerve

as Mr. Walrus

1914
His Musical Career

as Mike, Charlie's Partner

1914
Getting Acquainted

as Ambrose

1914
His Prehistoric Past

as King Lowbrow

1914
A Thief Catcher

as Crook (uncredited)

1914
Mack Swain Mack Swain

Birthday

1876-02-16

Place of Birth

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

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 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.
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