Trivia

Served in the U.S. Army infantry in World War I and was gassed and wounded at the Battle of Argonne.

When he landed his first role in a play and it came time for the production to go on the road, his parents were so disapproving that they would not give him a suitcase for his trip. A neighbor intervened and provided one.

Died after surgery for a malignant tumor.

One of his best friends was actress Edna May Oliver and he was a frequent guest at her house for dinner.

He made his stage debut in 1911, in a Newark production of the romance The Power Behind the Throne by Theodore Kremer.

Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Great Mausoleum, Columbarium of Security.