Mack Sennett

About

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...

Known for

Tillie's Punctured RomanceMovie • 1914Making a LivingMovie • 1914Kid Auto Races at VeniceMovie • 1914Mabel's Strange PredicamentMovie • 1914Caught in the RainMovie • 1914Those Love PangsMovie • 1914The Face on the Barroom FloorMovie • 1914Caught in a CabaretMovie • 1914Tango TanglesMovie • 1914His New ProfessionMovie • 1914Mabel's Busy DayMovie • 1914The MasqueraderMovie • 1914Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone KopsMovie • 1955Mabel at the WheelMovie • 1914Mabel's BlunderMovie • 1914The Fatal Glass of BeerMovie • 1933The Fatal MalletMovie • 1914A Busy DayMovie • 1914Mabel's Married LifeMovie • 1914His Trysting PlacesMovie • 1914The Barber ShopMovie • 1933The Property ManMovie • 1914Dough and DynamiteMovie • 1914The KnockoutMovie • 1914