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Laughing Gas (1914) -- Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club...
Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) -- After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mrs. Ambrose, Ambrose gets on a horse to save her. The Keystone Kops are also after Walrus.
His Prehistoric Past (1914) -- Charlie dreams he is in the stone age. There King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler...
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) -- Charlie talks wealthy farmer's daughter Tillie into eloping with him (and taking her father's money)...
His Trysting Place (1914) -- Charlie's wife sends him to the store for a baby bottle with milk. Elsewhere, Ambrose offers to post a love letter for a woman in his boarding house...

Overview

Date of Death:
25 August 1935, Tacoma, Washington, USA more
Mini Biography:
Mack Swain was born in 1876 and soon became a talented vaudevillian. In... more
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Awards:
1 win more
Alternate Names:
the Original Keystone Kops

Filmography

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Actor:
  1. Bad Boy (1935) (uncredited) .... Man on Rowing Machine
  2. Up Popped the Ghost (1932)
  3. The Engineer's Daughter; or, Iron Minnie's Revenge (1932)
  4. The Midnight Patrol (1932)
  5. Lighthouse Love (1932) .... The Lighthouse Keeper
  6. The Wide Open Spaces (1931)
  7. The Great Junction Hotel (1931)
  8. Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931) (as the Original Keystone Kops)
  9. Finn and Hattie (1931) .... Frenchman with beard
  10. Soup to Nuts (1930) (uncredited) .... First Fat Diner
  11. Cleaning Up (1930)
  12. The Sea Bat (1930) .... Dutchy
  13. Redemption (1930) .... Magistrate

  14. The Locked Door (1929) .... Hotel Proprietor
  15. The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929) .... Mr. Kelly
  16. The Last Warning (1929) .... Robert
  17. Marianne (1929/II) .... General
  18. Caught in the Fog (1928) .... Detective Ryan
  19. The Girl from Nowhere (1928)
  20. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1928) .... Tillie's Father
  21. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928) .... Sir Francis Beekman
  22. Love in a Police Station (1927) (uncredited)
  23. The Girl from Everywhere (1927)
    ... aka Hold That Pose (USA: alternative title)
  24. A Texas Steer (1927) .... Bragg
  25. Becky (1927) .... Irving Spiegelberg
  26. My Best Girl (1927) .... The Judge
  27. Finnegan's Ball (1927) .... Patrick Flannigan
  28. Mockery (1927) .... Mr. Gaidaroff
  29. The Tired Business Man (1927) .... Mike Murphy
  30. The Shamrock and the Rose (1927) .... Mr. Kelly
  31. See You in Jail (1927) .... Slossom
  32. The Beloved Rogue (1927) .... Nicholas
  33. Whispering Wires (1926) .... McCarthy
  34. Her Big Night (1926) .... Myers
  35. The Nervous Wreck (1926) .... Jerome Underwood
  36. Honesty - The Best Policy (1926) .... Bendy Joe
  37. Footloose Widows (1926) .... Marian's husband-in-retrospect
    ... aka Fine Feathers (UK)
  38. Ukulele Sheiks (1926)
  39. Kiki (1926) .... Pastryman
  40. Sea Horses (1926) .... Bimbo-Bomba
  41. The Cohens and Kellys (1926) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
    ... aka The Cohens & Kellys (USA: poster title)
  42. Torrent (1926) .... Don Matías
    ... aka Ibáñez' Torrent (USA)
  43. Hands Up! (1926) .... Silas Woodstock
  44. The Eagle (1925) (uncredited) .... Innkeeper
  45. The Gold Rush (1925) .... Big Jim McKay
  46. Pitfalls of a Big City (1923)
    ... aka The Pitfalls of a Great City (USA: poster title)
  47. Backfire (1923)
  48. This Way Out (1923)
  49. The Pilgrim (1923) .... Deacon
  50. Rough and Ready (1923)
  51. Pay Day (1922/I) .... Foreman
  52. The Idle Class (1921) .... Her Father
    ... aka Vanity Fair (USA)
  53. Innocent Ambrose (1920) .... Ambrose Schnitz

  54. Foxy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  55. Ambrose's Day Off (1919) .... Ambrose
  56. Money Talks (1919)
  57. Daddy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  58. Heroic Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  59. Adventurous Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  60. Sherlock Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  61. Ambrose and His Widow (1918) .... Ambrose
  62. Ambrose, the Lion Hearted (1918) .... Ambrose
  63. Home Run Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  64. Ambrose's Icy Love (1918) .... Ambrose
  65. The Pullman Bride (1917) .... The Chosen One
  66. The Late Lamented (1917)
  67. Lost: A Cook (1917)
  68. Thirst (1917)
  69. Oriental Love (1917)
  70. His Naughty Thought (1917)
    ... aka His Double Life (USA: 16mm release title)
  71. Safety First Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  72. Ambrose's Rapid Rise (1916) .... Ambrose
  73. Vampire Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  74. Madcap Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  75. His Wild Oats (1916)
  76. Ambrose's Cup of Woe (1916) .... Ambrose
  77. His Bitter Pill (1916) .... A Big Hearted Sheriff
  78. By Stork Delivery (1916)
  79. His Auto Ruination (1916)
  80. Love Will Conquer (1916)
  81. A Movie Star (1916) .... Handsome Jack, a screen hero
  82. A Modern Enoch Arden (1916) .... Ambrose, Their Lawyer
  83. Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
  84. The Best of Enemies (1915)
  85. The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus (1915) .... Captain Ambrose Swain
  86. When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915) .... Ambrose
  87. A Home Breaking Hound (1915)
  88. Those Bitter Sweets (1915)
  89. Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
  90. A Human Hound's Triumph (1915) .... A City Slicker
  91. Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915) .... Ambrose
  92. Ambrose's Lofty Perch (1915) .... Ambrose
  93. Ambrose's Fury (1915) .... Ambrose
  94. Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915) .... Ambrose
  95. From Patches to Plenty (1915)
  96. Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915) .... Ambrose, the First Twin's Ex-Boyfriend
  97. Willful Ambrose (1915) .... Pa (Ambrose)
  98. The Home Breakers (1915)
    ... aka Other People's Wives
  99. Ye Olden Grafter (1915)
  100. Hogan's Romance Upset (1915) (uncredited) .... Fight Spectator
  101. Caught in a Park (1915) .... Bartender
  102. Fatty's New Role (1915) (uncredited) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  103. Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) .... Ambrose
  104. Saved by the Wireless (1915)
  105. A Dark Lover's Play (1914)
  106. Gussle, the Golfer (1914) .... Golfer
  107. The Fatal Hansom (1914)
  108. Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914) .... Ambrose
  109. His Prehistoric Past (1914) .... King Lowbrow
    ... aka A Dream
    ... aka King Charlie
    ... aka The Caveman
    ... aka The Hula-Hula Dance (USA)
  110. Other People's Business (1914)
  111. Getting Acquainted (1914) .... Ambrose
    ... aka A Fair Exchange
    ... aka Exchange Is No Robbery
    ... aka Hello Everybody
  112. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) .... In from the Mines
  113. His Halted Career (1914)
  114. The Sea Nymphs (1914)
    ... aka His Diving Beauty
  115. Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
  116. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) .... John Banks - Tillie's Father/Man run down by cops
    ... aka For the Love of Tillie
    ... aka Marie's Millions
    ... aka Tillie's Big Romance
    ... aka Tillie's Nightmare
  117. His Trysting Place (1914) .... Ambrose
    ... aka Family Home
    ... aka Family House
    ... aka His Trysting Places (USA)
    ... aka The Henpecked Spouse (USA)
    ... aka The Ladies' Man (USA)
    ... aka Very Much Married (USA)
  118. His Musical Career (1914) .... Mike, Charlie's Partner
    ... aka Charlie as a Piano Mover (USA)
    ... aka Musical Tramps
    ... aka The Piano Movers
  119. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) .... Mr. Walrus
    ... aka Charlie at the Races
    ... aka Some Nerve
  120. Hello, Mabel (1914) .... A married flirt
    ... aka On a Busy Wire (USA: reissue title)
  121. A Coat's Tale (1914)
  122. Those Happy Days (1914)
  123. Laughing Gas (1914) .... Patient
    ... aka Busy Little Dentist (USA)
    ... aka Down and Out
    ... aka Laffing Gas (USA)
    ... aka The Dentist
    ... aka Tuning His Ivories (USA)
  124. A Rowboat Romance (1914)
  125. Love and Bullets (1914)
    ... aka The Trouble Mender
  126. Caught in Tights (1914)
  127. The Eavesdropper (1914/I)
  128. Mabel's Married Life (1914) .... Wellington, a Ladykiller
    ... aka The Squarehead
    ... aka When You're Married
  129. A Missing Bride (1914)
  130. A Gambling Rube (1914)
  131. The Knockout (1914) .... Gambler
    ... aka Counted Out
    ... aka The Pugilist
  132. The Fatal Mallet (1914) .... Another Rival
    ... aka Hit Him Again
    ... aka The Pile Driver
    ... aka The Rival Suitors
  133. Mabel's Nerve (1914)
  134. A Busy Day (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka Busy as Can Be (USA)
    ... aka Lady Charlie
    ... aka Militant Suffragette
  135. Caught in the Rain (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka At It Again
    ... aka In the Park (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Who Got Stung?
  136. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) (uncredited) .... Tough patron/Party guest
    ... aka Charlie the Waiter (USA)
    ... aka Faking with Society
    ... aka Jazz Waiter
    ... aka Prime Minister Charlie (USA)
    ... aka The Waiter
  137. Mabel at the Wheel (1914) .... Spectator at Races
    ... aka A Hot Finish (USA)
    ... aka His Daredevil Queen
  138. Fatal High C (1914)
  139. Love and Gasoline (1914)
  140. A Robust Romeo (1914)
  141. A False Beauty (1914) .... Policeman
    ... aka A Faded Vampire
  142. Fatty Joins the Force (1913) .... Cop at station house
  143. A Muddy Romance (1913) .... Park Attendant
    ... aka A Mud Bath (USA)
    ... aka Muddled in Mud
Self:
  1. Charlie's Life (1916) .... Various
Archive Footage:
  1. The Forgotten Films of Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle (2005) (V)
  2. Chaplin (1992) (uncredited) .... Big Jim McKay
  3. "Muppet Babies"
        - The Best Friend I Never Had (1986) TV episode .... Big Jim McKay
  4. "Hollywood" (1980) .... Himself
  5. When Comedy Was King (1960)
  6. The Chaplin Revue (1959) .... Various
  7. Down Memory Lane (1949) .... Bridegroom
  8. Good Old Corn (1943)
  9. Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943) (uncredited)
  10. Personality Parade (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
  11. The Film Parade (1933) (uncredited) .... Himself, film clip


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