Curiosidades

Father of actress Katrina Hodiak from his marriage to actress Anne Baxter.

He died while shaving at his parents house as he got ready to go to the studio to film On the Threshold of Space (1956).

He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6101 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.

Was considered for the role of Norman Maine in Ha nacido una estrella (1954), but was unavailable at the time. Had he gotten the role, it would have been his second time working with Judy Garland since Las chicas de Harvey (1946) eight years earlier.

Buried at Calvary Cemetery in Los Angeles, California in the main mausoleum. Block 303 Crypt D-1.

Graduated from Hamtramck High School Class of 1932.

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