Mini Biography
American character actor of silent films. A native of New York, he preceded his acting career with work as a reporter for the New York Sun. At 25, he joined a theatrical stock company in Kansas City and appeared subsequently on Broadway in such plays as "Shore Acres," "The Belle of New York," "Babbitt," "The Wild Duck," and his own production of "Marse Covington," which he later filmed. Moving to Hollywood, he became a contract player at MGM, where he remained until his death from influenza in 1928.
Mini Biography By:
Jim Beaver