- BIRTH 17/01/1880
- DEATH 05/11/1960
- Country Canada
- MOVIES 19
- DIRECTOR 15
- SCRIPT 10
- PRODUCTION 42
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 (15)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Cruel, Cruel Love
A Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit
A Busy Day
Hot Stuff
A Rural Demon
A Voice from the Deep
The Speed Demon
Mabel's Busy Day
Tango Tangles
The Knockout
Mabel's Married Life
The Inventor’s Secret
The Riot
Script (10)
The Lonedale Operator
The Lonely Villa
Dough and Dynamite
A Clever Dummy
Dream Stuff
Lizzies of the Field
Tango Tangles
Cold Turkey
The Dare-Devil
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Production (42)
Tillie's Punctured Romance
The Masquerader
The New Janitor
Bangville Police
Between Showers
A Misplaced Foot
The Face on the Barroom Floor
A Bath House Beauty
Lizzies of the Field
Mabel's Busy Day
Tango Tangles
Do-Re-Mi-Boom!
A Rural Demon
The Knockout
Mabel's Married Life
Cold Turkey
Circus Today
The Dare-Devil
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Her Nature Dance
His Marriage Wow
His Favorite Pastime
Cruel, Cruel Love
Making a Living
A Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit
A Busy Day
His Prehistoric Past
Dough and Dynamite
His New Profession
His Trysting Places
A Small Time Act
Dream Stuff
Recreation
Getting Acquainted
Laughing Gas
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Mickey
A Clever Dummy
Two Old Tars
The Riot
