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Mack Sennett

Known for: Production

Biography: 1880-01-17

Deathday: 1960-11-05 (80 years old)

Biography

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]

Filmography

all 913

Movies 912

Producer 555

Director 126

Writer 25

self 14

TV Shows 1

Screenplay 1

Director

Mack Sennett

Biography

Filmography

all 913

Movies 912

Producer 555

Director 126

Writer 25

self 14

TV Shows 1

Screenplay 1

Chaplin at Keystone (2012)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)

D.W. Griffith - Years of Discovery 1909-1913 (2002)

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)

Frank Capra's American Dream (1997)

The Hollywood Clowns (1979)

It's Showtime (1976)

The Great Chase (1962)

Crazy Days (1962)

Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)

The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)

All in Good Fun (1955)

Here We Go Again (1952)

This Is Your Life (1952)

The Slappiest Days of Our Lives (1951)

Down Memory Lane (1949)

Road to Hollywood (1947)

Hedda Hopper’s Hollywood No. 6 (1942)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

A Small Town Idol (1939)

Hollywood Boulevard (1936)

Way Up Thar (1935)

The Timid Young Man (1935)

Just Another Murder (1935)

Flicker Fever (1935)

Doubling in the Quickies (1933)

Please (1933)

The Barber Shop (1933)

Husbands' Reunion (1933)

Roadhouse Queen (1933)

See You Tonight (1933)

Dream Stuff (1933)

Uncle Jake (1933)

Feeling Rosy (1933)

The Pharmacist (1933)

The Plumber and the Lady (1933)

Sing, Bing, Sing (1933)

Caliente Love (1933)

The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933)

Easy on the Eyes (1933)

Too Many Highballs (1933)

Artist's Muddles (1933)

The Wrestler's Bride (1933)

Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife (1933)

Hypnotized (1932)

The Dentist (1932)

False Impressions (1932)

Courting Trouble (1932)

Ma's Pride and Joy (1932)

The Giddy Age (1932)

Hatta Marri (1932)

Hawkins & Watkins Inc. (1932)

The Loud Mouth (1932)

Jimmy's New Yacht (1932)

The Boudoir Butler (1932)

Lighthouse Love (1932)

Listening In (1932)

Speed in the Gay Nineties (1932)

The Flirty Sleepwalker (1932)

Billboard Girl (1932)

Lady! Please! (1932)

Shopping with Wifie (1932)

The Girl in the Tonneau (1932)

Dream House (1932)

Half Holiday (1931)

The All-American Kickback (1931)

The Tamale Vendor (1931)