Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Steve Macey in "High Speed" (1932). Born Edward Chandler, after serving in the United States Army during World War I, upon returning to civilian life, he began his career appearing as a leading man in stock companies having developed an interest in acting while stationed overseas. While touring in California, he was discovered by director Thomas Ince during a performance. Impressed by his dark good looks, distinctive voice, and healthy physique, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing in a supporting role per his appearance in "Marriage in Transit" (1925). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable supporting character actor appearing in over 340 features; often typecast as boyfriends, husbands, doctors, thugs, mechanics, doormen, waiters, retail clerks, chauffeurs, bookies, mailmen, plumbers, curmudgeons, cowboys, landlords, soldiers, detectives, reporters, photographers, sailors, city slickers, gamblers, henchmen, athletes, trainers, jailbirds, bodyguards, farmers, truck drivers, soda jerks, public servants, foremen, sheriffs, bailiffs, messengers, sugar daddies, butchers, and blue-collared guys. He appeared in such feature films as "Flaming Fury" (1926), "Through Thick and Thin" (1927), "Young Whirlwind" (1928), "No More Children" (1929), "Alias French Gertie" (1930), "Kept Husbands" (1931), "Carnival Boat" (1932), "East of Fifth Avenue" (1933), "It Happened One Night" (1934), "Spring Tonic" (1935), "Two in a Crowd" (1936), "Midnight Court" (1937), "Cowboy from Brooklyn" (1938), "Gone with the Wind" (1939), "Framed" (1940), "High Sierra" (1941), "All Through the Night" (1942), "Sleepy Lagoon" (1943), "Louisiana Hayride" (1944), "The Clock" (1945), "Her Kind of Man" (1946), and "My Brother Talks to Horses" (1947). During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts, and he was married to fellow actress Carol Ruebhausen with whom he fathered one daughter. Following his final appearance in "Where There's Life" (1947), he died unexpectedly from complications of a coronary occlusion.