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Chaplin (1992) -- CHAPLIN is the larger-than-life story of the actor behind the icon and a stunning depiction of a bygone era when Hollywood was at its most glamorous.
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)...

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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:
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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. Ai yo jinrui to tomo ni are - Kohen: Beikoku hen (1931) .... Doctor
  10. Finn and Hattie (1931) .... Le Bottin
  11. Soup to Nuts (1930) (uncredited) .... First Fat Diner
  12. Cleaning Up (1930)
  13. The Sea Bat (1930) .... Dutchy
  14. Redemption (1930) .... Magistrate

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

  56. Foxy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  57. Ambrose's Day Off (1919) .... Ambrose
  58. Money Talks (1919)
  59. Daddy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  60. Oh, What a Knight (1919) .... The Sheriff
  61. Ambrose's Predicament (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  62. Ambrose's Vacation (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  63. Heroic Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  64. Adventurous Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  65. Sherlock Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  66. Ambrose and His Widow (1918) .... Ambrose
  67. Ambrose, the Lion Hearted (1918) .... Ambrose
  68. Home Run Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  69. Ambrose's Icy Love (1918) .... Ambrose
  70. The Pullman Bride (1917) .... The Chosen One
  71. The Late Lamented (1917)
  72. Lost: A Cook (1917)
  73. Thirst (1917)
  74. Oriental Love (1917)
  75. His Naughty Thought (1917)
    ... aka His Double Life (USA: 16mm release title)
  76. Safety First Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  77. Ambrose's Rapid Rise (1916) .... Ambrose
  78. Vampire Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  79. Madcap Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  80. His Wild Oats (1916)
  81. Ambrose's Cup of Woe (1916) .... Ambrose
  82. His Bitter Pill (1916) .... A Big Hearted Sheriff
  83. By Stork Delivery (1916)
  84. His Auto Ruination (1916)
  85. Love Will Conquer (1916)
  86. A Movie Star (1916) .... Handsome Jack, a screen hero
  87. A Modern Enoch Arden (1916) .... Ambrose, Their Lawyer
  88. Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
  89. The Best of Enemies (1915)
  90. The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus (1915) .... Captain Ambrose Swain
  91. When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915) .... Ambrose
  92. A Home Breaking Hound (1915)
  93. Those Bitter Sweets (1915)
  94. Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
  95. A Human Hound's Triumph (1915) .... A City Slicker
  96. Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915) .... Ambrose
  97. Ambrose's Lofty Perch (1915) .... Ambrose
  98. Ambrose's Fury (1915) .... Ambrose
  99. Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915) .... Ambrose
  100. From Patches to Plenty (1915)
  101. Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915) .... Ambrose, the First Twin's Ex-Boyfriend
  102. Willful Ambrose (1915) .... Pa (Ambrose)
  103. The Home Breakers (1915)
    ... aka Other People's Wives
  104. Ye Olden Grafter (1915)
  105. Hogan's Romance Upset (1915) (uncredited) .... Fight Spectator
  106. Caught in a Park (1915) .... Bartender
  107. Fatty's New Role (1915) (uncredited) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  108. Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) .... Ambrose
  109. Saved by the Wireless (1915)
  110. A Dark Lover's Play (1914)
  111. Gussle, the Golfer (1914) .... Golfer
  112. The Fatal Hansom (1914)
  113. Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914) .... Ambrose
  114. His Prehistoric Past (1914) .... King Lowbrow
    ... aka A Dream
    ... aka King Charlie
    ... aka The Caveman
    ... aka The Hula-Hula Dance (USA: alternative title)
  115. Other People's Business (1914)
  116. Getting Acquainted (1914) .... Ambrose
    ... aka A Fair Exchange
    ... aka Exchange Is No Robbery
    ... aka Hello Everybody
  117. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) .... In from the Mines
  118. His Halted Career (1914)
  119. The Sea Nymphs (1914)
    ... aka His Diving Beauty
  120. Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
  121. Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) .... Tillie's Father
    ... aka For the Love of Tillie
    ... aka Marie's Millions
    ... aka Tillie's Big Romance
    ... aka Tillie's Nightmare
  122. His Trysting Place (1914) .... Ambrose
    ... aka Family Home
    ... aka Family House
    ... aka His Trysting Places (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Henpecked Spouse (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Ladies' Man (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Very Much Married (USA: alternative title)
  123. His Musical Career (1914) .... Mike, Charlie's Partner
    ... aka Charlie as a Piano Mover (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Musical Tramps
    ... aka The Piano Movers
  124. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) .... Mr. Walrus
    ... aka Charlie at the Races
    ... aka Some Nerve
  125. Hello, Mabel (1914) .... A married flirt
    ... aka On a Busy Wire (USA: reissue title)
  126. A Coat's Tale (1914)
  127. Those Happy Days (1914)
  128. Laughing Gas (1914) .... Patient
    ... aka Busy Little Dentist (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Down and Out
    ... aka Laffing Gas (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Dentist
    ... aka Tuning His Ivories (USA: alternative title)
  129. A Rowboat Romance (1914)
  130. Love and Bullets (1914)
    ... aka The Trouble Mender
  131. Caught in Tights (1914)
  132. The Eavesdropper (1914/I)
  133. Mabel's Married Life (1914) .... Wellington, a Ladykiller
    ... aka The Squarehead
    ... aka When You're Married
  134. A Missing Bride (1914)
  135. A Gambling Rube (1914)
  136. The Knockout (1914) .... Gambler
    ... aka Counted Out
    ... aka The Pugilist
  137. The Fatal Mallet (1914) .... Another Rival
    ... aka Hit Him Again
    ... aka The Pile Driver
    ... aka The Rival Suitors
  138. Mabel's Nerve (1914)
  139. A Busy Day (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka Busy as Can Be (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Lady Charlie
    ... aka Militant Suffragette
  140. Caught in the Rain (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka At It Again
    ... aka In the Park (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Who Got Stung?
  141. Caught in a Cabaret (1914) (uncredited) .... Tough patron/Party guest
    ... aka Charlie the Waiter (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Faking with Society
    ... aka Jazz Waiter
    ... aka Prime Minister Charlie (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka The Waiter
  142. Mabel at the Wheel (1914) .... Spectator at Races
    ... aka A Hot Finish (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka His Daredevil Queen
  143. Fatal High C (1914)
  144. Love and Gasoline (1914)
  145. A Robust Romeo (1914)
  146. A False Beauty (1914) .... Policeman
    ... aka A Faded Vampire
  147. Fatty Joins the Force (1913) .... Cop at station house
  148. 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. Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) (uncredited) .... Various roles
  3. Chaplin (1992) (uncredited) .... Big Jim McKay
  4. "Muppet Babies"
        - The Best Friend I Never Had (1986) TV episode .... Big Jim McKay
  5. "Hollywood" (1980) .... Himself
  6. When Comedy Was King (1960)
  7. The Chaplin Revue (1959) .... Various
  8. Down Memory Lane (1949) .... Bridegroom
  9. Good Old Corn (1943)
  10. Happy Times and Jolly Moments (1943) (uncredited)
  11. Personality Parade (1938) (uncredited) .... Himself
  12. The Film Parade (1933) (uncredited) .... Himself, film clip


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