- Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War I; he rose to the rank of Sargent First Class.
- Had two children with Freda Lee Scofield: Robert (1922) and Barbara (1927). His wife died within a year or so after the birth of their second child. Had one child with Margaret Beaver: Frank.
- Attended Santa Clara College in San Jose, California.
- Screen, stage, and television actor.
- He appeared in three Best Picture Academy Award winners: It Happened One Night (1934), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and Gone with the Wind (1939). Ward Bond, Eddy Chandler and Wallis Clark also appeared in all three films.
- In addition to appearing in three Oscar Best Picture winners, he also appeared in nine other Best Picture nominees: Bad Girl (1931), I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932), Lady for a Day (1933), Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936), San Francisco (1936), A Star Is Born (1937), The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Since You Went Away (1944) and Spellbound (1945).
- The only actor to appear in both Bachelor Mother (1939) and an episode of the TV series "Bachelor Father" (Bentley's Economy Wave (1959)).
- Appeared in comedy shorts series starring Karl Dane & George K. Arthur (1930) and Louise Fazenda (1930).
- As indicated sometimes, he is not the brother of director Lloyd Bacon.
- As indicated sometimes, he is not the son of actor/writer Frank Bacon.
- Mother was actress Myrtle (birth name Lena Davis).
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