Born in Ogden, Utah, as the second of four children to a Norwegian mother and a carpenter father, he completed public schooling and then attended the University of Utah, where participation in community theatre launched his acting path. A Broadway debut in 1920 with Moroni Olsen led to touring, directing at Portland Civic Theater, and work at the Pasadena Playhouse. Film appearances began in the e… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1939 The Twilight Zone 1959 The Lost Weekend 1945 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Series ★ 8 The Addams Family 1964
Mr. Belmont Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Bush Series ★ 7.9 I Love Lucy 1951
Leader of Band ★ 7.6 Scarlet Street 1945
Jones - Apartment Manager (uncredited) Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Parson Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Julius Imbry Series ★ 7.7 The Time Tunnel 1966
Saloon Proprietor Williams ★ 7.5 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937
Mr. Dale (uncredited) Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Fred Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Leverett Thomas - Pop ★ 7.3 Pocketful of Miracles 1961
Lloyd (uncredited) ★ 7.1 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946
Picnic Manager (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Ride the High Country 1962
Abner Samson (uncredited) ★ 7.1 A Day at the Races 1937
Racetrack Spectator (uncredited) ★ 7.5 The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
Johann (uncredited) ★ 7 The Palm Beach Story 1942
Jewelry Salesman (uncredited) Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Proprietor (archive footage) (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 Green Acres 1965
Mr. Melvin ★ 6.9 Ministry of Fear 1944
Mr. Newby (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Farmer ★ 6.9 Hangmen Also Die! 1943
Bartos Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Undertaker Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
Leroy Lester ★ 7.2 The Star 1952
★ 6.9 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1944
Governor's Secretary (uncredited) ★ 7 The Great McGinty 1940
Governor's Secretary (uncredited) ★ 6.8 They Live by Night 1949
Lambert Series ★ 7.1 Adam-12 1968
Driver ★ 7 In Name Only 1939
Owen the Clerk (uncredited) ★ 7 Boom Town 1940
Geologist ★ 6.8 The Three Musketeers 1948
Bonacieux (uncredited) ★ 6.8 There Was a Crooked Man... 1970
Member of Town Council Series ★ 7 The Lucy Show 1962
Fred Dunbar Series ★ 7.1 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
Reverend Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
★ 6.8 Who's Minding the Store? 1963
Sale Department Manager (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 The Abbott and Costello Show 1952
Dr. Bluzak ★ 7.1 Champagne for Caesar 1950
Gerald ★ 7 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940
Politician (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Blackbeard's Ghost 1968
Mr. Harrison Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Dooley ★ 6.7 He Walked by Night 1949
Freddie (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Sniper 1952
Peter Eureka ★ 6.7 Union Pacific 1939
Andrew Whipple (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Edison, the Man 1940
Edwin Hall ★ 6.7 The Inspector General 1949
Burbis (uncredited) ★ 6.7 History Is Made at Night 1937
Vail Employee Reading from Newspaper (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 Hazel 1961
★ 6.7 Terror in a Texas Town 1958
The Minister (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Brewster's Millions 1945
Attorney Lyons (uncredited) Series ★ 6.6 Dennis the Menace 1959
Series ★ 6.6 Adventures of Superman 1952
Jeff Reagan (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Man They Could Not Hang 1939
Lang Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Jervis Clinton ★ 6.6 Samson and Delilah 1949
(uncredited) ★ 6.6 They Won't Believe Me 1947
Henry Bascombe (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Wonder Man 1945
Deli Customer (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Arizona 1940
Pete Kitchen ★ 6.5 Dark City 1950
Motel Manager (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Union Station 1950
Horace - Baggage Clerk (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 The Monkees 1966
Groot ★ 6.4 Casanova Brown 1944
Fletcher (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Unconquered 1947
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Man with Nine Lives 1940
Dr. Bassett ★ 6.4 The Mad Miss Manton 1938
Assistant News Editor (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Suspense 1946
Cab Driver at Lodge (uncredited) ★ 6.1 True Confession 1937
Ballistic Expert (uncredited) ★ 6 Mrs. Parkington 1944
Norman Vance (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The River's Edge 1957
Floyd Barry (as Byron K. Foulger) ★ 6.2 When Strangers Marry 1944
Albert Foster (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Human Comedy 1943
Mr. Blenton (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Deadline at Dawn 1946
Night Attendant (uncredited) Series ★ 6.1 The Mod Squad 1968
Arthur Quinn ★ 6.2 Cornered 1945
Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Reap the Wild Wind 1942
Bixby (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Great Moment 1944
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited) ★ 6.2 In Old Oklahoma 1943
Wilkins ★ 6 The Whistler 1944
Flophouse Desk Clerk (Uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Gnome-Mobile 1967
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6 We're Not Married! 1952
Marriage License Bureau Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.1 House of Horrors 1946
Mr. Samuels ★ 5.8 Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe 1940
Professor Drok ★ 5.7 Lightning Strikes Twice 1951
Hummel ★ 6.1 Man-Made Monster 1941
Alienist #2 ★ 6.2 I Shot Jesse James 1949
Silver King Room Clerk ★ 6 Arch of Triumph 1948
Policeman at Accident (uncredited) ★ 5.5 The Black Raven 1943
Horace Weatherby ★ 5.8 Till the Clouds Roll By 1946
Frohman's Secretary (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Silver Lode 1954
Prescott (uncredited) ★ 5.7 So Proudly We Hail 1943
Larson (Uncredited) ★ 5.9 Courage of Lassie 1946
Dr. Coleman (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Cattle Queen of Montana 1954
Land Office Clerk ★ 5.5 The Spirit Is Willing 1967
Drug Store Owner Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Wendell Gibbs ★ 5.4 Guns of Diablo 1964
Bit Part (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Son of Flubber 1963
Proprietor (uncredited) ★ 5.4 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball 1946
Simon Little, Sparkle's Diamond Cutter ★ 5.8 The Long Night 1947
Man with Bike (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Test Pilot 1938
Designer (uncredited) ★ 5.6 The Magnetic Monster 1953
Mr. Simon ★ 4.5 Hook, Line and Sinker 1969
Funeral Director (uncredited) ★ 3.5 High School Big Shot 1959
Mr. Mathews ★ 5.3 Superman and the Mole Men 1951
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