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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.

Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
as Big Jim McKay (archive footage)

The Chaplin Revue
as Various (archive footage)

Yesterday and Today
as (archive footage)

Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)

Bad Boy
as Man on Rowing Machine

Lighthouse Love
as Captain Wiggins - the Lighthouse Keeper

Lighthouse Love
as Captain Wiggins—the Lighthouse Keeper

The Midnight Patrol
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
as Kop(as the Original Keystone Kops)

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 1
as Doctor

Love, Be with Humanity: Part 2
as Doctor

Finn and Hattie
as Le Bottin

Soup to Nuts
as First Fat Diner (uncredited)
Cleaning Up
as Mack

The Sea Bat
as Dutchy

Redemption
as Magistrate

The Locked Door
as Hotel Proprietor

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City
as Mr. Tom Kelly

The Last Warning
as Robert Bunce

Caught in the Fog
as Detective Ryan

The Girl from Nowhere
as Wilbur Ashcraft

Tillie's Punctured Romance
as Tillie's Father

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Sir Francis Beekman

The Girl from Everywhere
as Wilfred Ashcraft - Director

A Texas Steer
as Bragg

Becky
as Irving Spiegelberg

My Best Girl
as Judge

Finnegan's Ball
as Patrick Flannigan

Mockery
as Vladimir Gaidaroff

See You in Jail
as Slossom

The Shamrock and the Rose
as Mike Kelly

The Beloved Rogue
as Nicholas

Whispering Wires
as McCarthy

Her Big Night
as Myers, film producer

The Nervous Wreck
as Jerome Underwood

Footloose Widows
as Ludwig

Kiki
as Pastryman (uncredited)

Sea Horses
as Bimbo-Bomba

Torrent
as Don Matías

The Devil's Circus

Hands Up!
as Silas Woodstock

The Eagle
as Innkeeper (uncredited)

The Gold Rush
as Big Jim McKay

Pitfalls of a Big City
as The Vamp's Husband
This Way Out
as The Girl's Father

The Pilgrim
as Deacon

Pay Day
as Foreman

The Idle Class
as Edna's Father (uncredited)

Full o' Spirits
Innocent Ambrose
as Ambrose Schnitz
Heroic Ambrose
as Ambrose Schnitz

Her First False Hare
as Unknown
Oh, What a Knight
as The Sheriff
Adventurous Ambrose
as Ambrose

The Late Lamented
as Boarder (unconfirmed)

Lost: A Cook
as Farmer Ambrose

Thirst
as Ambrose
His Naughty Thought
as Walter Ambrose

The Pullman Bride
as Rover Peabody - the Chosen One

Madcap Ambrose
as Ambrose