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 Sennetts 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 andor 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 LKO 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