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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)...

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. Lighthouse Love (1932) .... The Lighthouse Keeper
  5. The Midnight Patrol (1932)
  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. Ambrose in Bad (1920) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  56. Ambrose's Winning Ways (1920) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  57. Innocent Ambrose (1920) .... Ambrose Schnitz

  58. Foxy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  59. Ambrose's Day Off (1919) .... Ambrose
  60. Money Talks (1919)
  61. Daddy Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose
  62. Oh, What a Knight (1919) .... The Sheriff
  63. Ambrose's Matrimonial Mixup (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  64. Ambrose's Predicament (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  65. Ambrose's Vacation (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  66. Baffled Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  67. Heroic Ambrose (1919) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  68. Adventurous Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  69. Sherlock Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  70. Ambrose and His Widow (1918) .... Ambrose
  71. Ambrose, the Lion Hearted (1918) .... Ambrose
  72. Home Run Ambrose (1918) .... Ambrose
  73. Ambrose's Icy Love (1918) .... Ambrose
  74. The Pullman Bride (1917) .... The Chosen One
  75. The Late Lamented (1917)
  76. Lost: A Cook (1917)
  77. Thirst (1917)
  78. Oriental Love (1917)
  79. His Naughty Thought (1917)
    ... aka His Double Life (USA: 16mm release title)
  80. Safety First Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  81. Ambrose's Rapid Rise (1916) .... Ambrose
  82. Vampire Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  83. Madcap Ambrose (1916) .... Ambrose
  84. His Wild Oats (1916)
  85. Ambrose's Cup of Woe (1916) .... Ambrose
  86. His Bitter Pill (1916) .... A Big Hearted Sheriff
  87. By Stork Delivery (1916)
  88. His Auto Ruination (1916)
  89. Love Will Conquer (1916)
  90. A Movie Star (1916) .... Handsome Jack, a screen hero
  91. A Modern Enoch Arden (1916) .... Ambrose, Their Lawyer
  92. Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915)
  93. The Best of Enemies (1915)
  94. The Battle of Ambrose and Walrus (1915) .... Captain Ambrose Swain
  95. When Ambrose Dared Walrus (1915) .... Ambrose
  96. A Home Breaking Hound (1915)
  97. Those Bitter Sweets (1915)
  98. Mabel Lost and Won (1915)
  99. A Human Hound's Triumph (1915) .... A City Slicker
  100. Ambrose's Nasty Temper (1915) .... Ambrose
  101. Ambrose's Lofty Perch (1915) .... Ambrose
  102. Ambrose's Fury (1915) .... Ambrose
  103. Ambrose's Little Hatchet (1915) .... Ambrose
  104. From Patches to Plenty (1915)
  105. Ambrose's Sour Grapes (1915) .... Ambrose, the First Twin's Ex-Boyfriend
  106. Willful Ambrose (1915) .... Pa (Ambrose)
  107. The Home Breakers (1915)
    ... aka Other People's Wives
  108. Ye Olden Grafter (1915)
  109. Hogan's Romance Upset (1915) (uncredited) .... Fight Spectator
  110. Caught in a Park (1915) .... Bartender
  111. Fatty's New Role (1915) (uncredited) .... Ambrose Schnitz
  112. Love, Speed and Thrills (1915) .... Ambrose
  113. Saved by the Wireless (1915)
  114. A Dark Lover's Play (1914)
  115. Gussle, the Golfer (1914) .... Golfer
  116. The Fatal Hansom (1914)
  117. Ambrose's First Falsehood (1914) .... Ambrose
  118. His Prehistoric Past (1914) .... King Lowbrow
    ... aka A Dream
    ... aka King Charlie
    ... aka The Caveman
    ... aka The Hula-Hula Dance (USA: alternative title)
  119. Other People's Business (1914)
  120. Getting Acquainted (1914) .... Ambrose
    ... aka A Fair Exchange
    ... aka Exchange Is No Robbery
    ... aka Hello Everybody
  121. Leading Lizzie Astray (1914) .... In from the Mines
  122. His Halted Career (1914)
  123. The Sea Nymphs (1914)
    ... aka His Diving Beauty
  124. Fatty's Wine Party (1914)
  125. 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
  126. 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)
  127. His Musical Career (1914) .... Mike, Charlie's Partner
    ... aka Charlie as a Piano Mover (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Musical Tramps
    ... aka The Piano Movers
  128. Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) .... Mr. Walrus
    ... aka Charlie at the Races
    ... aka Some Nerve
  129. Hello, Mabel (1914) .... A married flirt
    ... aka On a Busy Wire (USA: reissue title)
  130. A Coat's Tale (1914)
  131. Those Happy Days (1914)
  132. 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)
  133. A Rowboat Romance (1914)
  134. Love and Bullets (1914)
    ... aka The Trouble Mender
  135. Caught in Tights (1914)
  136. The Eavesdropper (1914/I)
  137. Mabel's Married Life (1914) .... Wellington, a Ladykiller
    ... aka The Squarehead
    ... aka When You're Married
  138. A Missing Bride (1914)
  139. A Gambling Rube (1914)
  140. The Knockout (1914) .... Gambler
    ... aka Counted Out
    ... aka The Pugilist
  141. The Fatal Mallet (1914) .... Another Rival
    ... aka Hit Him Again
    ... aka The Pile Driver
    ... aka The Rival Suitors
  142. Mabel's Nerve (1914)
  143. A Busy Day (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka Busy as Can Be (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka Lady Charlie
    ... aka Militant Suffragette
  144. Caught in the Rain (1914) .... Husband
    ... aka At It Again
    ... aka In the Park (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Who Got Stung?
  145. 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
  146. Mabel at the Wheel (1914) .... Spectator at Races
    ... aka A Hot Finish (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka His Daredevil Queen
  147. Fatal High C (1914)
  148. Love and Gasoline (1914)
  149. A Robust Romeo (1914)
  150. A False Beauty (1914) .... Policeman
    ... aka A Faded Vampire
  151. Fatty Joins the Force (1913) .... Cop at station house
  152. 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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