Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stanch Mr. Peterson in "A Shriek in the Night" (1933). After beginning his career as leading man in stock companies, he was introduced to director Richard V. Spencer while attending a luncheon at the original Waldorf Hotel. Impressed by his average size, articulate voice, and remarkable wit, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "The Artists Model" (1915). From there, he would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a notable character actor appearing in over 210 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, uncles, relatives, wealthy bachelors, managers, retail clerks, detectives, reporters, curmudgeons, eccentrics, landlords, neighbors, janitors, bankers, salesmen, retail clerks, doormen, butlers, bellhops, waiters, chauffeurs, city slickers, policemen, clergymen, cowboys, sheriffs, bailiffs, deputies, foreigners, doctors, aristocrats, authority figures, military men, captains, corporals, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Sign of the Spade" (1916), "Periwinkle" (1917), "Restless Souls" (1918), "Eve in Exile" (1919), "The Honey Bee" (1920), "Payment Guaranteed" (1921), "Shattered Idols" (1922), "Brass" (1923), "He Who Gets Slapped" (1924), "Havoc" (1925), "The Palace of Pleasure" (1926), "Get Your Man" (1927), "Gold" (1928), "His Lucky Day" (1929), "Going Wild" (1930), "Cracked Nuts" (1931), "West of Singapore" (1932), "Man's Castle" (1933), "The Band Plays On" (1934), "Annapolis Farewell" (1935), "Sitting on the Moon" (1936), "Internes Can't Take Money" (1937), and "Mother Carey's Chickens" (1938). During his career, he was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and was the official stand-in for fellow character actors W.C. Fields and Wallace Beery. He never married nor had any children.