Tough-guy actor who was in Story of G.I. Joe in 1945.
After being expelled from high school, he traveled throughout the country on railroad cars, taking odd jobs to support himself.
He is famous for playing anti-hero roles in film noirs.
His father was a shipyard and railroad worker who died in railyard accident when he was two-years-old.
He was in Undercurrent with Katharine Hepburn.