Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Richard K. Muldoone in "The Bullfighters" (1945). After working as a professional dancer with Ray Bolger, he settled in California in the mid-1930s and began a career in the film industry upon being introduced to director Ray McCarey during a casting call for bit players. Impressed by his unique girth, articulate voice, and professionalism, he arranged for him to start a career as a character actor in motion pictures beginning with him being under his supervision per a supporting role with "In the Dough" (1933). From there, he would go on to appear in over 260 features. Although, primarily cast as tough guys and cowboys, he equally was adapt performing as husbands, fathers, curmudgeons, city slickers, policemen, sheriffs, aristocrats, retail clerks, waiters, doormen, detectives, reporters, photographers, neighbors, bartenders, eccentrics, soldiers, authority figures, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Policy Girl" (1934), "While the Cat's Away" (1936), "Bad Guy" (1937), "Reckless Living" (1938), "Undercover Agent" (1939), "Carolina Moon" (1940), "Footsteps in the Dark" (1941), "The Old Homestead" (1942), "Alaska Highway" (1943), "Cover Girl" (1944), "State Fair" (1945), "Two Sisters from Boston" (1946), "Copacabana" (1947), "Easter Parade" (1948), "In the Good Old Summertime" (1949), "The Damned Don't Cry" (1950), "Santa Fe" (1951), "Rancho Notorious" (1952), "Count the Hours" (1953), "River of No Return" (1954), "The Seven Year Itch" (1955), "Uranium Boom" (1956), "Footsteps in the Night" (1957), "St. Louis Blues" (1958), "The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker" (1959), and "Cage of Evil" (1960). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Front Page Detective," "Gang Busters," "Campbells Summer Soundstage," "Racket Squad," "Mr. & Mrs. North," "Your Favorite Story," "The Ray Milland Show," "My Little Margie," "Annie Oakley," "So This Is Hollywood," "Stories of the Century," "The Donald O'Connor Show," "Crossroads," "Adventures of Superman," "The Roy Rogers Show," "Lux Video Theatre," "I Love Lucy," "December Bride," "Wire Service," "The Ford Television Theatre," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Father Knows Best," "The Lone Ranger," "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon," "Death Valley Days," "Climax!," "The Restless Gun," "Maverick," "The Real McCoys," "Dennis the Menace," "The Betty Hutton Show," "Wagon Train," "Mister Ed," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Leave It to Beaver," and "General Electric Theatre". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, had been supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the March of Dimes, and he was married to stage actress Elizabeth Sanford from 1938 until his death (their union produced no children). Upon his 1961 retirement, he spent the final years of his life being a generous benefactor for several schools and state parks, along with partaking in charitable and religious causes, until his death from complications of a heart ailment.