About
Academy Award-nominated actor who played the role of detective Ellery Queen in a couple of 1940s movies and later starred in Man Against Crime and Meet McGraw. His final role was as James Morse in the 1990 film Pretty Woman.
Before fame
He ran away from home to tour with road shows when he was fifteen before finding work in theater in New York and eventually owning his own theater company.
Trivia
His career extended over sixty years, from The Awful Truth to Coming to America with Eddie Murphy. He amassed more than 190 acting roles throughout his long and prolific career.
Family life
He married his first wife of four, Alice Delbridge, in 1927.
Associated with
He earned an Academy Award nomination for his role in The Awful Truth with Cary Grant.
