Trivia

Married nine times.

American romantic lead of the silent era, a graduate of Fordham University in New York. on stage from c. 1902, In Hollywood from 1916. Married an astonishing nine times! His status diminished with the advent of sound and he was relegated to lesser roles. He retired in 1943 to become a restaurateur and actor's agent.

Served in a US Army field artillery unit in France during World War I.

His maternal grandparents were born on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, to Jewish families of Sephardi/Ashkenazi background.

He was the son of George W. Harlan and actress Rita Harlan (born Sarah Wolff).

Nephew of actor Otis Harlan.