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 1000 silent films and several dozen talkies during a 25year 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 piethrowing and carchases 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 Sennetts 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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