Quiz

Appears as surplus Jenny airplane dealer in L'aquila solitaria (1957). In real life, as a young man, he learned to fly airplanes from the Wright Brothers.

Two of his very last roles were in classic 1950s sci-fi films: as the resident in the hospital alcoholic ward who sings "Make me sergeant in charge of the booze!" in Assalto alla terra (1954), then as the rancher who is the first victim of Fluido mortale (1958).

He and Irving Bacon are the only actors to appear in the first two versions of "A Star Is Born": È nata una stella (1937) and È nata una stella (1954).

He played the same role (Mr. Davis, Amy March's schoolteacher) in two versions of "Little Women": Piccole donne (1933) and Piccole donne (1949).

Brother of Jobyna Howland.