Born March 1, 1904· San Francisco, California, USA
† Died October 2, 1973
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Emerging from a San Francisco entertainment family, he began dancing at age four, studied at the University of California and briefly worked as a newspaper reporter before committing to the stage. Teaming with Grace Barrett in a 1922 vaudeville comedy act, the pair married a year later and debuted on Broadway in 1932’s Ballyhoo, later appearing in Cole Porter’s Red Hot and Blue (1936) and the Holl…
