Mack Swain

American comic actor and vaudevillian, born Moroni Swain in 1876. A stocky, rubber-faced performer, he was a favorite of Mack Sennett's Keystone studio and later appeared in several Charlie Chaplin films, most notably as Big Jim McKay in The Gold Rush (1925). His broad comedic style made him one of the recognizable heavies of the silent era.