Mack Swain | |
Job | Actor, vaudevillian |
Top Roles | Big Jim McKay, Husband, Mr. Walrus, Her Father, Ambrose |
Top Genres | Silent Films, Comedy, Short Films, Drama, Romance, Adventure |
Top Topics | Slapstick, Romance (Comic), Gold |
Top Collaborators | Mack Sennett (Producer), Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
Shares birthday with | Vera-Ellen, Edgar Bergen, James Baskett see more.. |
Mack Swain Overview:
Actor, Mack Swain, was born on Feb 16, 1876 in Salt Lake City, UT. Swain died at the age of 59 on Aug 25, 1935 in Tacoma, WA .
MINI BIO:
Character Actor Mack Swain appeared in over 160 films and shorts  including over 50 ÂAmbrose' shorts, The Idle Class, Pay Day, The Pilgrim  and most famously as Big Jim McKay in The Gold Rush opposite Charlie Chaplin.
(Source: article by Annmarie Gatti for Classic Movie Hub).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
BlogHub Articles:
Mini Tribute: Character Actor
By Annmarie Gatti on Feb 16, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub BlogBorn February 16, 1876 Character Actor ! Character Actor appeared in over 160 films and shorts — including over 50 ‘Ambrose’ shorts, The Idle Class, Pay Day, The Pilgrim — and most famously (and my favorite) as Big Jim McKay in The Gold Rush opposite Cha... Read full article
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Mack Swain Quotes:
Foreman:
[the Laborer's digging up tiny bunches of dirt] You're working by the hour, not the ounce!
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