An American vaudeville and circus performer, writer, and theater and film actor, born on December 20, 1869, in, Ohio, USA. He is best known for his role as Uncle Henry in The Wizard of Oz (1939), as well as his roles in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Petrified Forest (1936), and Alice Adams (1935). He died on February 2, 1956, in California, USA.