Mack Sennett
Biography
Mack Sennett (born Michael Sinnott; January 17, 1880 – November 5, 1960) was a Canadian born actor, director, comedian and studio head, known as the 'King of Comedy'. He produced more than 1,000 silent films and several dozen talkies during a 25-year career. He became a United States citizen in 1932.
Sennett was born and raised in Richmond, Quebec. He moved to Connecticut when he was 17 years old.
In New York City, he took on the stage name Mack Sennett and became an actor, singer, dancer, clown, set designer, and director for the Biograph Company.
He later opened Keystone Studios in Edendale, California, in 1912. Keystone possessed the first fully enclosed film stage, and Sennett became famous as the originator of slapstick routines such as pie-throwing and car-chases, as seen in the Keystone Cops films. He also produced short features that displayed his Bathing Beauties, many of whom went on to develop successful acting careers.
Sennett's work in sound movies was less successful, and he was bankrupted in 1933. In 1938 he was presented with an honorary Academy Award for his contribution to film comedy.
Mack Sennett died in Woodland Hills, California in 1960, aged 80.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Acting (172 movies)
The Sealed Room
1909
Mabel's Busy Day
1914
The Fatal Mallet
1914
The Hollywood Clowns
1979
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
The Suicide Club
1909
The Curtain Pole
1909
The Salvation Army Lass
1909
Crazy Days
1962
The Manicure Lady
1911
The Water Nymph
1912
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
1913
Those Awful Hats
1909
The Little Darling
1909
Murphy's I.O.U.
1913
The Little Teacher
1915
What Drink Did
1909
Peeping Pete
1913
A Strong Revenge
1913
Tomboy Bessie
1912
The Brave Hunter
1912
A Spanish Dilemma
1912
What the Doctor Ordered
1912
Faithful
1910
Lucky Jim
1909
The Politician's Love Story
1909
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
1915
The Furs
1912
Father Gets in the Game
1908
The Black Viper
1908
Ramona
1910
An Arcadian Maid
1910
Money Mad
1908
The Fatal Hour
1908
The Mountaineer's Honor
1909
The Joneses Have Amateur Theatricals
1909
Balked at the Altar
1908
A Victim of Jealousy
1910
The Hollywood Kid
1924
The Violin Maker of Cremona
1909
The Cricket on the Hearth
1909
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Betrayed by a Handprint
1908
The Song of the Shirt
1908
A Drunkard's Reformation
1909
Resurrection
1909
Confidence
1909
Muggsy Becomes a Hero
1910
The Taming of the Shrew
1908
An Awful Moment
1908
A Busy Day
1914
The Knockout
1914
The Property Man
1914
Pippa Passes
1909
A Flash of Light
1910
Getting Even
1909
The Lure of the Gown
1909
The Gibson Goddess
1909
The Son's Return
1909
Over Silent Paths
1910
Hollywood Boulevard
1936
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961
Cohen Collects a Debt
1912
Riley and Schultze
1912
The New Neighbor
1912
At Coney Island
1912
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
Pat's Day Off
1912
The Sculptor's Nightmare
1908
The Speed Demon
1912
The Invisible Fluid
1908
Over the Hills to the Poor House
1908
Deceived Slumming Party
1908
The Girl and the Outlaw
1908
Where the Breakers Roar
1908
After Many Years
1908
At the Altar
1909
A Smoked Husband
1908
The Devil
1908
Ingomar, the Barbarian
1908
Romance of a Jewess
1908
The Call of the Wild
1908
The Light That Came
1909
The Mended Lute
1909
Her First Biscuits
1909
A Strange Meeting
1909
The Broken Locket
1909
The Indian Runner's Romance
1909
Love Among the Roses
1910
The Italian Barber
1911
For the Love of Mabel
1913
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
1909
Mr. Jones at the Ball
1908
Love Finds a Way
1909
Mr. Jones Has a Card Party
1909
The Cord of Life
1909
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)
1931
His Daughter
1911
Directing (194 movies)
How Hiram Won Out
1913
Cruel, Cruel Love
1914
The Fatal Mallet
1914
Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914
Useful Sheep
1912
Road to Hollywood
1947
Tango Tangles
1914
Mabel at the Wheel
1914
The Timid Young Man
1935
Our Country Cousin
1914
The Other Man
1916
I Surrender Dear
1931
With a Kodak
1912
A Dash Through the Clouds
1912
The Manicure Lady
1911
Comrades
1911
The Water Nymph
1912
A Grocery Clerk's Romance
1912
On His Wedding Day
1913
A Life in the Balance
1913
A Fishy Affair
1913
Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life
1913
Mabel's Dramatic Career
1913
Ghost Parade
1931
The Old Barn
1929
A Muddy Romance
1913
Hot Stuff
1912
The Noise of Bombs
1914
The Bees' Buzz
1929
Mabel's New Hero
1913
Hide and Seek
1913
The Gusher
1913
Cohen Saves the Flag
1913
A Bandit
1913
Peeping Pete
1913
A Strong Revenge
1913
The Ragtime Band
1913
Neighbors
1912
The Fickle Spaniard
1912
The Engagement Ring
1912
Tomboy Bessie
1912
Oh, Those Eyes
1912
The Tragedy of a Dress Suit
1912
The Brave Hunter
1912
A Spanish Dilemma
1912
What the Doctor Ordered
1912
Helen's Marriage
1912
Dance Hall Marge
1931
A Small Town Idol
1921
Just Another Murder
1935
Way Up Thar
1935
The Fainting Lover
1931
Help! Help!
1912
An Interrupted Elopement
1912
Mabel's Stratagem
1912
The Furs
1912
Katchem Kate
1912
The Tourists
1912
The Villain Foiled
1911
The Baron
1911
Hello, Mabel
1914
A Hollywood Star
1929
A Glimpse of the San Diego Exposition
1915
Mabel Lost and Won
1915
The Little Teacher
1915
Fat Wives for Thin
1930
Rough Idea of Love
1930
The Chumps
1930
Honeymoon Zeppelin
1930
Movie-Town
1931
Midnight Daddies
1930
Sugar Plum Papa
1930
Scotch
1930
Rastus and the Game Cock
1913
Safe in Jail
1913
The Telltale Light
1913
A Noise from the Deep
1913
Her Birthday Present
1913
The Riot
1913
The Gypsy Queen
1913
The Fatal Taxicab
1913
When Dreams Come True
1913
Some Nerve
1913
A Voice from the Deep
1912
A Rural Demon
1914
The Waiters' Picnic
1913
Hypnotized
1932
The Bluffer
1930
Their First Execution
1913
A Busy Day
1914
The Golfers
1929
Hawkins & Watkins Inc.
1932
Three Foolish Weeks
1924
The New Half Back
1929
When the Fire-Bells Rang
1912
The Would-Be Shriner
1912
Maggie's First False Step
1917
Across the Hall
1914
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees
1914
Cohen Collects a Debt
1912