Born September 11, 1894· Louisville, Kentucky, USA
† Died September 23, 1971
28Roles★ 6.9Average rating
Born in a Louisville opera-house dressing room to Metropolitan Opera singers, he left school early to join a troupe of child singers, later performing a female-impersonation act, boxing, and vaudeville from age twelve, before moving into burlesque on the Columbia and Mutual circuits. His film career began in 1929 with Pat Powers’s Cinephone shorts, and a chance meeting with Stan Laurel led to a co…
