Born October 14, 1900· San Francisco, California, USA
† Died November 5, 1969
34Roles★ 6.7Average rating
Born in San Francisco to actor parents and a UC Berkeley drama graduate in 1922, he entered Hollywood in the 1920s, directing mystery films-including the Fu Manchu series with Anna May Wong-and won an Academy Award for the short La Cucaracha (1935). Shifting to acting in 1938, he appeared in early silent features like The Splendid Crime and It, later becoming a dependable character actor who alter…
