Emerging from a background in steel production engineering and ore-mine work in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, he entered the motion-picture world in the mid-1920s and amassed more than five hundred screen credits before his death in 1956. Though often cast in supporting parts, his most recognizable turn came in Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times, where he played the father of Paulette Goddard’s character, an… Read more
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Known for Modern Times 1936 The Circus 1928 A Night at the Opera 1935 Phantom of the Opera 1943 ★ 7.1 You Only Live Once 1937
Rafferty - Guard (uncredited) ★ 7 Calamity Jane 1953
Saloon Patron (uncredited) ★ 6.9 A Chump at Oxford 1940
Policeman (uncredited) ★ 7 Manhattan Melodrama 1934
Detective in Court (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Action in the North Atlantic 1943
U.S. Commander (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Les Misérables 1935
Gendarme in Prefect's Office ★ 7.7 Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum 1940
Courtroom Officer ★ 6.9 I Wake Up Screaming 1941
Detective (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case 1930
Detective (uncredited) ★ 7 The Duel at Silver Creek 1952
Sam (voice / uncredited) ★ 6.8 Buck Privates 1941
Recruiting Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 6.8 The Prisoner of Shark Island 1936
Boy Seeking Dr. Mudd (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Come and Get It 1936
Lumberjack (uncredited) ★ 6.7 Pardners 1956
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.9 Charlie Chan at the Olympics 1937
New York Policeman ★ 6.9 Picture Snatcher 1933
Prison Guard (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Charlie Chan at the Opera 1936
Backstage Cop Who Shoots Gravelle (uncredited) ★ 6.6 'G' Men 1935
Cop (uncredited) ★ 6.8 California 1947
Miner (uncredited) ★ 6.8 Johnny Apollo 1940
Guard in Library (uncredited) Series ★ 6.8 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Man They Could Not Hang 1939
Prison Guard (uncredited) ★ 6.6 The Raid 1954
Townsman (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Living It Up 1954
Ike, the Train Engineer (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Rancho Notorious 1952
Rancher in Posse (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Charlie Chan in Reno 1939
Lineup Officer ★ 6.4 Mr. Moto's Gamble 1938
Policeman ★ 6.4 Station West 1948
Bouncer (uncredited) ★ 6.3 Murder Over New York 1940
Fingerprint Expert ★ 6.4 Dark Command 1940
Tough ★ 6.3 The Underworld Story 1950
Policeman (uncredited) ★ 6.4 Dance, Girl, Dance 1940
Plainclothesman (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Carson City 1952
Mine Owner (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Ex-Mrs. Bradford 1936
Police Radio Operator (uncredited) ★ 6.2 When the Daltons Rode 1940
Deputy on Train ★ 6 Broadway Bill 1934
Jailer (uncredited) ★ 6 Parachute Jumper 1933
Cop (uncredited) ★ 5.9 The Nevadan 1950
Red Sand Bank Clerk (uncredited) ★ 5.8 The Whip Hand 1951
Guard on Pier (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Tower of London 1939
First Gate Guard Greeting Tom Clink (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Allegheny Uprising 1939
Settler at McDowell's Mill ★ 5.6 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes 1948
McGee (uncredited) ★ 5.6 A Lawless Street 1955
Rancher (uncredited) ★ 4.8 Backlash 1947
Fire Warden at Car Wreck ★ 4.9 Shoot to Kill 1947
Police Chief (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Phantom of the Opera 1943
Officer (uncredited) ★ 5.3 In Old California 1942
San Francisco Deputy ★ 5.2 Flight to Mars 1951
Councilman (uncredited) Start from another title 
