Originating from Aleppo and relocating to the United States in his early teens, he entered the burgeoning Los Angeles silent-film scene after a brief search for his displaced family in Tennessee. Though details of formal training are scarce, his first documented appearance came in the 1916 Joseph De Grasse production Bobbie of the Ballet, followed shortly by a possible unbilled role in the 1915 se… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Singin' in the Rain 1952 The Killing 1956 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Dracula 1931 Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Townsman (uncredited) Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Spectator Outside Arena (uncredited) ★ 7.5 The Unknown 1927
Cojo Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) ★ 7.3 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1939
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 7.1 The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945
Hunchback (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Island of Lost Souls 1932
Beast (uncredited) ★ 7.2 The Mark of Zorro 1920
Prisoner in Jail ★ 7 I Want to Live! 1958
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) ★ 7 Scaramouche 1952
Show Spectator (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Road to Morocco 1942
Food Vendor (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) ★ 6.7 One-Eyed Jacks 1961
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Canyon Passage 1946
Miner (uncredited) ★ 7.1 My Best Girl 1927
Newspaper Seller (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Charlie Chan in Egypt 1935
Harip, The Grave Opener (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Smart Money 1931
Extra on Train (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Barfly (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Prince and the Pauper 1937
Beggar ★ 6.8 California 1947
Miner (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands 1948
Midget (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Deep in My Heart 1954
Street Vendor (uncredited) Series ★ 6.6 Adventures of Superman 1952
Dwarf in Pool Hall (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Crisis 1950
Man In Street Crowd (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 1921
Argentine Ranch Resident (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Big Sky 1952
Passerby (uncredited) ★ 6.6 I Walk Alone 1947
Little Man at Newstand (uncredited) ★ 6.6 San Francisco 1936
Custodian at Blackie Norton's (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Reunion in France 1942
Citizen (uncredited) ★ 6.5 A Song to Remember 1945
Servant (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Spanish Main 1945
Pirate (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 Dragnet 1951
Derelict (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Prisoner of Zenda 1922
Assassin ★ 6.5 The Black Room 1935
Inn Waiter (uncredited) ★ 6.5 M 1951
Man in Mob (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Son of Paleface 1952
Johnny (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Road to Zanzibar 1941
Man in Carnival Crowd (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Chandu the Magician 1932
Bidder at Slave Market (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Egyptian 1954
Man in Street (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Ten Tall Men 1951
Tovic (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Rancho Notorious 1952
Race Spectator (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Outside the Law 1921
Humpy (uncredited) ★ 6.5 The Hunchback of Notre Dame 1923
(uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Private Affairs of Bel Ami 1947
★ 6.1 The Cat's-Paw 1934
Gangster (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The King of Kings 1927
(uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Devil Is a Woman 1935
Street Beggar (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Pat and Mike 1952
Tennis Match Spectator (uncredited) ★ 6.2 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 1949
Peasant (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Flame and the Arrow 1950
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6 Shoes 1916
Department Store Customer (uncredited) ★ 6.4 At the Circus 1939
Man Leaving Diner (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Berlin Express 1948
Nightclub Patron (uncredited) ★ 6 The Whistler 1944
Bum (Uncredited) ★ 5.7 Iron Man 1931
Card Player (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The Undercover Man 1949
Onlooker at Murder Scene (uncredited) ★ 6 The Garden of Allah 1936
Waiter (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Two Arabian Knights 1927
Arab on Ship (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Tower of London 1939
Spy (uncredited) ★ 5.8 Heller in Pink Tights 1960
Cheyenne Audience Member ★ 6.3 Babes in Toyland 1934
Barnaby's Minion (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Mark of the Vampire 1935
Gypsy (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Apache 1954
Shoeshine Man (uncredited) ★ 4.4 The Silver Chalice 1954
Audience Member (uncredited) ★ 3.6 The Conqueror 1956
Drummer Boy (uncredited) Start from another title