Emerging from a vaudeville family that performed on a showboat, he spent his childhood on stage and received his early schooling in Chicago before attending a preparatory school in Kirkwood, Missouri. Beginning as a stage actor at eighteen, he transitioned to film in the 1930s, initially taking bit parts for Warner Bros. and later securing larger character roles, such as Walt Disney’s musical cond… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for It's a Wonderful Life 1946 Gone with the Wind 1939 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 The Lost Weekend 1945 Series ★ 7.5 Quincy, M.E. 1976
Janus ★ 7.2 Sergeant York 1941
But! Boy (uncredited) ★ 7.3 The Pride of the Yankees 1942
Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Detective Story 1951
Det. Gallagher ★ 7 Yankee Doodle Dandy 1942
Sergeant on Parade (uncredited) ★ 7 The Palm Beach Story 1942
Taxi Driver (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Riot in Cell Block 11 1954
Commissioner Haskell ★ 7.2 Fourteen Hours 1951
Walter, room service waiter ★ 6.9 They Drive by Night 1940
Driver in Cafe (uncredited) Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
★ 7.1 Kid Galahad 1937
Barney Series ★ 7.1 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
Sheriff Earl Tipton ★ 7.1 To Each His Own 1946
Babe ★ 7 The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle 1939
Adjutant (uncredited) ★ 6.8 99 River Street 1953
Stan Hogan ★ 6.9 The Canterville Ghost 1944
Lieutenant John Kane ★ 6.9 City for Conquest 1940
Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited) ★ 6.7 The Blue Dahlia 1946
Man Recommending Motel ★ 6.8 Road to Rio 1947
Trigger ★ 6.7 The Lusty Men 1952
Al Dawson ★ 6.8 Come Live with Me 1941
Waiter ★ 6.7 The Sniper 1952
Anderson ★ 6.8 Edison, the Man 1940
Galbreath ★ 6.7 A Guy Named Joe 1944
Major (uncredited) ★ 6.8 California 1947
Whitey ★ 6.7 San Quentin 1937
Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Whispering Smith 1948
Whitey Du Sang ★ 6.6 Bullets or Ballots 1936
Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Across the Pacific 1942
Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Reluctant Dragon 1941
Orchestra Leader (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Blossoms in the Dust 1941
Man with Man Carrying Dead Child ★ 6.6 Brother Orchid 1940
Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Marked Woman 1937
Cabbie #2 (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Hangman's Knot 1952
Cass Browne ★ 6.5 It's a Wonderful World 1939
Peters - Stagehand (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Address Unknown 1944
Jimmie Blake ★ 6.4 Five Came Back 1939
Photographer (uncredited) ★ 6.5 North to Alaska 1960
Arnie (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Too Hot to Handle 1938
Assistant Dubber (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Blue Skies 1946
Mack (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Invisible Stripes 1939
Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited) ★ 6 Race Street 1948
Phil Dickson ★ 6.2 Convicted 1950
Convict Ponti Series ★ 6.2 That Girl 1966
★ 6.2 Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943
Sailor (uncredited) ★ 6.2 A-Haunting We Will Go 1942
Train Detective (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Nevadan 1950
Jeff ★ 5.7 Mission to Moscow 1943
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Fighting 69th 1940
Engineer Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 5.6 That Certain Woman 1937
Reporter (uncredited) ★ 5.8 You Can't Get Away with Murder 1939
Boat Tour Guide (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Copper Canyon 1950
Mullins ★ 5.8 Francis 1950
Sergeant Chillingbacker ★ 5.8 Wake Island 1942
★ 5.9 They Won't Forget 1937
Reporter ★ 5.8 The Monkey's Uncle 1965
Mr. Dearborne ★ 6.2 Blood on the Moon 1948
Jake Pindalest Series ★ 5.9 Petticoat Junction 1963
Ralph ★ 5.9 The Gang's All Here 1943
Marine Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 5.3 Away All Boats 1956
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