Anecdotes

He appeared in the first episode of Leave It to Beaver (1957) and, coincidentally, died on the same day (June 20, 1963) that the series finale Family Scrapbook (1963) was first broadcast.

Appeared in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Wilson (1944), Les plus belles années de notre vie (1946), The Heiress (1949) and La loi du Seigneur (1956), with The Best Years of Our Lives winning Best Picture of 1946.

Buried at Oak Grove Cemetery, Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. Plot Section 22, Lot 3937.