Anecdotes

Screen and stage actor, film director, and film producer.

Appeared in a number of Mack Sennett films.

Also appeared in the 'Monty Banks' series (1921).

Of Italian nationality.

With his wife Gracie Fields, he left England during World War II to escape internment.

Was known as a very generous man. He used much of the money he made during the silent era to build several children's hospitals in Italy, some of which still survive.

Met his future wife Gracie Fields in 1928.