Mack Swain

Mack Swain

Infobox actor
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name = Mack Swain


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birthdate = birth date|1876|02|16
location = Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
deathdate = death date and age|1935|08|25|1876|02|16
deathplace = Tacoma, Washington, USA
occupation = actor, vaudevillian
spouse = Cora King (1899-1935) (his death)

Mack Swain (February 16, 1876 - August 25, 1935) was an American actor and vaudevillian, prolific throughout the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he worked in vaudeville before starting in silent film at Keystone Studios under Mack Sennett. While with Keystone, he was teamed up 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 "Ambrose & Walrus" comedies, the two appeared together in a variety of other films, twenty-six all told.

In 1921, Swain began working with Charlie Chaplin at First National, appearing in "The Idle Class", "Pay Day" and "The Pilgrim".

Swain is also remembered for his role as "Big Jim McKay" in the 1925 film "The Gold Rush", written by and starring Charlie Chaplin.

Mack Swain died in Tacoma, Washington in 1935. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Mack Swain has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1500 Vine Street.

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NAME= Swain, Mack
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SHORT DESCRIPTION= actor, vaudevillian
DATE OF BIRTH= 1876-02-16
PLACE OF BIRTH= Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
DATE OF DEATH= 1935-08-25
PLACE OF DEATH= Tacoma, Washington, USA


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