---
name: "Malcolm Waite"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/malcolm-waite"
fi1m_id: "malcolm-waite"
imdb_id: "nm0906618"
tmdb_id: 14439
wikidata_id: "Q3281729"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "6 May 1892"
died: "25 April 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:12:52.754990+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Malcolm Waite

## Identity

Malcolm Waite

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/malcolm-waite
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** malcolm-waite
- **IMDb ID:** nm0906618
- **TMDB ID:** 14439
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3281729
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Waite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281729, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14439

Actor. Born 6 May 1892 in Menominee, Michigan, USA. Died 25 April 1949.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 6 May 1892, Menominee, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 25 April 1949
- **Also known as:** Malcolm Ivan Waite
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Waite, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3281729, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0906618/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14439

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Gold Rush*](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md) (89)

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## Biography

Malcolm Ivan Waite (7 May 1892 – 25 April 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than thirty films between 1923 and 1942, beginning in the silent era and continuing into the sound period.

He is known for his supporting role as Jack Cameron in Charlie Chaplin's *The Gold Rush* (1925). Other credits include *Noah's Ark* (1928), in which he played The Balkan and Shem, and *A Notorious Affair* (1930) as Higgins the butler. In later years his roles were frequently uncredited, among them appearances in *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942).

Waite was nicknamed 'The Millionaire Extra' and was an amateur heavyweight boxer.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Gold Rush* (1925), Fi1m 89, as Jack — [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Pride of the Yankees* (1942), as Big Strength Machine Contestant (uncredited) — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/the-pride-of-the-yankees.md)
- *Jackass Mail* (1942), as Cocky
- *Honky Tonk* (1941), as Miner (uncredited)
- *The Boys from Syracuse* (1940), as Captain of Guards
- *Zenobia* (1939), as Juryman
- *Blazing Sixes* (1937), as Jamison - the smelter
- *Diamond Jim* (1935), as Fireman
- *24 Hours* (1931), as Murphy
- *A Notorious Affair* (1930), as Higgins the Butler
- *The Vagabond Lover* (1929), as Ted Grant
- *Noah's Ark* (1928), as The Balkan Prisoner / Shem
- *Now We're in the Air* (1927), as Prof. Saenger
- *Why Girls Love Sailors* (1927), as Sea Captain
- *The Broncho Twister* (1927), as Dan Bell
- *The Monkey Talks* (1927), as Bergerin
- *The Whole Town's Talking* (1926), as Jack Shields
- *Kid Boots* (1926), as Big Boyle
- *Blarney* (1926), as Blanco Johnson
- *Desert Valley* (1926), as Jeff Hoades
- *No Man's Gold* (1926), as Pete Krell
- *Durand of the Bad Lands* (1925), as Clem Allison
- *Kentucky Pride* (1925), as Carter
- *The Lucky Horseshoe* (1925), as Denman
- *The Gold Rush* (1925), as Jack — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-gold-rush.md)
- *Feet of Mud* (1924), as Donald Duffield - Harry's Rival
- *The Hill Billy* (1924), as Big-Boy
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1923), as (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Malcolm Waite](https://film.one/media/person/3850103/gallery-3d13d9e9536a.jpg) Malcolm Waite — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Malcolm_Waite%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_10534%29.jpg/1280px-Malcolm_Waite%2C_silent_film_actor_%28SAYRE_10534%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Malcolm Waite](https://film.one/media/person/3850103/gallery-e2f003313ceb.jpg) Malcolm Waite — Image via TMDB

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