- BIRTH 17/01/1880
- DEATH 05/11/1960
- Country Canada
- MOVIES 19
- DIRECTOR 16
- SCRIPT 10
- PRODUCTION 47
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]
Movies (19)
Director (16)
Mabel's Busy Day
A Busy Day
Cruel, Cruel Love
A Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit
Hot Stuff
A Rural Demon
A Voice from the Deep
The Speed Demon
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Tango Tangles
The Knockout
Mabel's Married Life
The Inventor’s Secret
The Riot
The Bluffer
Script (10)
Dough and Dynamite
A Clever Dummy
Dream Stuff
The Lonedale Operator
Lizzies of the Field
Tango Tangles
Cold Turkey
The Dare-Devil
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
The Lonely Villa
Production (47)
The New Janitor
The Masquerader
Between Showers
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Mabel's Busy Day
Recreation
Making a Living
Getting Acquainted
His Trysting Places
Caught in the Rain
His Prehistoric Past
A Busy Day
Caught in a Cabaret
Mabel's Married Life
Bangville Police
Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
Tango Tangles
The Knockout
The Dare-Devil
Cold Turkey
Circus Today
Gentlemen of Nerve
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Her Nature Dance
The Riot
The Rounders
Tillie's Punctured Romance
His Marriage Wow
Lizzies of the Field
Mickey
A Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit
Dough and Dynamite
His New Profession
A Small Time Act
Laughing Gas
Mabel's Strange Predicament
A Clever Dummy
A Bath House Beauty
Two Old Tars
Dream Stuff
His Favorite Pastime
A Rural Demon
Cruel, Cruel Love
A Misplaced Foot
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Those Love Pangs
