Actor. He was best known for playing the character roles of husbands, fathers, doctors, priests, bankers, businessmen, or old men. He will be best remembered for playing the role of 'Nicholas Nickleby' in the short drama film, "A Yorkshire School" (1910), which was based on the novel by Charles Dickens. He was born in Bath, Somerset, England, and moved to the United States as a lyceum singer in 1883. He found work as a platform reader before becoming an actor on the stage and then appeared in several Broadway plays in New York City from 1901 to 1910. His many stage productions or stage musicals include, "When Knighthood Was In Flower" (1901), "Lady Margaret" (1902), "A Clean Slate" (1903), "Edmund Burke" (1905), "Sir Anthony" (1906), "The Boys Of Company B" (1907), "The Flag" (1907), "The Lemonade Boy" (1907), "The Monkey's Paw" (1907), "The Third Degree" (1909), "The Noble Spaniard" (1909), and "Olive Latimer's Husband" (1910). During his stage career he worked with acting personalties such as Frederic Burt, William Charles, Annie Clark, J.J. Elwyn, C.F. Gibney, Charles Harbury, Claire Kulp, Norah Lamison, Frederic Leslie, Julia Marlowe, Donald McLaren, Bruce McRae, E.W. Morrison, Wilfrid North, Frank Reicher, Ellen Rowland, David Torrence, Gwendolyn Valentine, Edward S. Abeles, Amelia Bingham, Edith Blair, Madge Carr Cook, Arnold Daly, Miss De Rondamayo, Robert Dudley, Minnie Dupree, Bijou Fernandez, Alfred Fisher, Marion Gardiner, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Annie Irish, Annie Morton, T. Roberts, Harriett Sawyer, Cora Tanner, Alice Theiss, Charles Walcot, Harold Walsh, Henry Warwick, Ivah Wills, Evelyn Wood, Frank Worthing, George Bellamy, Herbert Budd, J.C. Carlyle, Drina DeWolfe, Alfred Fisher, J.H. Gilmour, George Honey, Alice Leigh, Laura Lemmers, Alfred Lunt Jesse Millward, Helen Tracy, J. Carrington Yates, Roberta Droste, Charles N. Greene, Katherine Keppell, May Lawton, Sheldon Lewis, Amelia Mayborn, Hattie Russell, Harry Scarborough, Grant Stewart, Basil West, George Barnum, Edmund Breese, Henry Brown, Francis Byrne, Walter Craven, Ralph Delmore, Wallace Eddinger, Grace Filkins, John Flood, Alfred Moore, Helen Ware, and William Wray. Besides, his many appearances on Broadway in New York City, he was also a member of companies headed by John Craig, E.S. Willard, Joseph Jefferson, and companies that were also headed by Kyrle Bellew, Robert Mantell, Clara Morris, Chauncey Olcott, and Rose Coghlan. His stage plays for other companies include, "The Rivals," "and "Tess Of The D'Urbervilles," with actress Minnie Maddern Fiske. Following his time in the theater, he then went into films. He usually worked with the groundbreaking director D.W. Griffith at the Biograph Film Company beginning in 1909. He made his actual film debut in the short drama film, "Was Justice Served?" (1910). The film which was directed by D.W. Griffith, and which also starred James Kirkwood, Charles Avery, John R. Cumpson, Raymond Hatton, Gladys Egan, and Arthur V. Johnson, tells the story of an ex-con who is accused of stealing a wallet, but the real thief happens to be on the jury and refuses to vote for a guilty verdict. Besides, "Was Justice Served?" (1909), and "A Yorkshire School" (1910), his many other film credits include, "The Better Way" (1909), "With Her Card" (1909), "The Mills Of The Gods" (1909), "The Sealed Room" (1909), "The Little Darling" (1909), "The Hessian Renegades" (1909), "Comata, The Sioux" (1909), "The Children's Friend" (1909), "Getting Even" (1909), "In Old Kentucky" (1909), "A Fair Exchange" (1909), "Two Women And A Man" (1909), "In The Window Recess" (1909), "On The Reef" (1910), "The Honor Of His Family" (1910), "The Cloister's Touch" (1910), "The Thread Of Destiny" (1910), "The Cigarette Maker Of Seville" (1910), "The Impalement" (1910), "A Victim Of Jealousy" (1910), "In The Border States" (1910), "The Face At The Window" (1910), "The Marked Time-Table" (1910), "A Child's Impulse" (1910), "A Midnight Cupid" (1910), "What The Daisy Said" (1910), "A Flash Of Light" (1910), "As The Bells Rang Out!" (1910), "The Call To Arms" (1910), "The House With Closed Shutters" (1910), "Wilful Peggy" (1910), "A Summer Idyll" (1910), "Little Angels Of Luck" (1910), "The Oath And The Man" (1910), "Rose o' Salem Town" (1910), "Examination Day At School" (1910), "The Iconoclast" (1910), "How Hubby Got A Raise" (1910), "The Banker's Daughters" (1910), "The Message Of The Violin" (1910), "The Passing Of A Grouch" (1910), "Two Little Waifs" (1910), "Simple Charity" (1910), "Love In Quarantine" (1910), "Not So Bad It Seemed" (1910), "The Golden Supper" (1910), "The Lesson" (1910), "The Recreation Of An Heiress" (1910), "Winning Back His His Love" (1910), "When A Man Loves" (1911), "His Trust Fulfilled" (1911), "Fisher Folks" (1911), "Teaching Dad To Like Her" (1911), "The Lonedale Operator" (1911), "The Spanish Gypsy" (1911), "Paradise Lost" (1911), "Madame Rex" (1911), "The Manicure Lady" (1911), "Bobby, The Coward" (1911), "The Diving Girl" (1911), and "Swords And Hearts" (1911). He passed away during the production of his final film, "The Punishment" (1912), which also starred Blanche Sweet, Kate Bruce, and J. Jiquel Lanoe. During his distinguished theater and film career, he was given the nickname, 'Gentleman of the old school." He was married to Jessie Clarges.