Was a close friend W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor and Will Rogers.
Attended Yale.
Fell in love with the theater as an usher making 25 cents a performance.
Remembered for his dour comedies and sartorial elegance.
Greatest stage success came with the play "Kiki".
Under contract with First National in the late 20's.
Best remembered as Weston the movie agent, whose character, searching for and then meeting with Robert Armstrong's Carl Denham, opens the classic King Kong.
