Mack Sennett

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]

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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops 1955Movie as Mack Sennett

Caught in a Cabaret 1914Movie Producer

Sing, Bing, Sing 1933Movie Producer

Kid Auto Races at Venice 1914Movie Producer

The Fatal Glass of Beer 1933Movie Producer

The Masquerader 1914Movie Producer

Tillie's Punctured Romance 1914Movie Director, Producer

Mabel's Strange Predicament 1914Movie Producer

Ghost Parade 1931Movie Director, Producer

Making a Living 1914Movie Producer

Mabel's Busy Day 1914Movie as Customer

Tango Tangles 1914Movie Director, Writer

Wife and Auto Trouble 1916Movie Producer

Cruel, Cruel Love 1914Movie Director, Producer

Fatty's Magic Pants 1914Movie Producer

The Face on the Barroom Floor 1914Movie Producer

Days of Thrills and Laughter 1961Movie as Self (archive footage)

Mabel's Married Life 1914Movie Director, Producer

Dough and Dynamite 1914Movie Writer, Producer

The Fatal Mallet 1914Movie as Other Suitor (uncredited)

Gentlemen of Nerve 1914Movie Producer

Mabel, Fatty and the Law 1915Movie Producer

His New Profession 1914Movie Producer

The Property Man 1914Movie as Man in Front Row Audience (uncredited)

His Trysting Places 1914Movie Producer

Road to Hollywood 1947Movie Director

Those Love Pangs 1914Movie Producer