- Father, with actress Kathleen Lockhart, of actress June Lockhart. The three appeared together in A Christmas Carol (1938).
- Wrote the words to the song "The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise" which became a huge post-WWI hit. Later recorded by Ted Lewis, Benny Goodman, and Duke Ellington'; a version by Les Paul and Mary Ford became a million seller in 1951.
- Grandfather of actress Anne Lockhart.
- Taught stage technique at the Juilliard School of Music in between acting jobs in his earlier days.
- Appears in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Un piede in paradiso (1941), Madame Curie (1943), La mia via (1944) and Il miracolo della 34ª strada (1947), with Going My Way the only winner.
- Great-Grandfather of Carlyle and Zane Taylor.
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