Biografia

23 settembre 1893 · New York, New York, Stati Uniti

14 dicembre 1961 · New York, New York, Stati Uniti (edema polmonare)

1,77 m

American character actor, considerably more prolific on stage than in films. Made his Broadway debut in 1923 and appeared in both the stage and screen versions of "Animal Crackers", with the Marx Brothers.

Served in World War I; enlisted in Battery C, 305th U.S. Field Artillery Battalion, 77th U.S. Infantry Division, in the Bronx on October 12, 1917; transferred to Company K, 305th U. S. Infantry Regiment, 77th U.S. Infantry Division on April 11, 1918; served overseas from April 16, 1918 to April 24, 1919, and was honorably discharged at Camp Upton, Long Island, N.Y. on May 17, 1919.