Biografia

23 maggio 1900 · Titusville, Pennsylvania, Stati Uniti

19 febbraio 1968 · Flushing, New York, Stati Uniti

[about the first time he ever saw himself on screen, in Le belve della città (1936)] I'll never forget it . . . They cut out all my sequences except for one scene. And the only thing anyone could see was my hand reaching into the furnace and grabbing some money before it burned.

[on his performance on Broadway in "The Moon Is Blue"] I was on stage for only one minute and 57 seconds . . . and the only reason I got that role was because I could throw a punch without hurting anyone. That's the only thing I really learned in Hollywood.

[on working in television] Television is an ulcer alley . . . You never feel you've done a great job. There's a short rehearsal period and no audience reaction.