An American stage, film, and television actor, writer, director, and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. He started his career in vaudeville, then worked in local theater and on Broadway, and entered silent films as a screenwriter and actor when he was in his teens. He then...Read more entered with his wife the field of producing and directing silent films. Charlie Chaplin chose him to be his assistant in the movie Modern Times (1936). He mostly acted in silent films, and he appeared only in two films in the sound era, namely The Great Dictator (1940) and The Notorious Landlady (1962). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Among his notable works are Marry the Poor Girl (1921) and Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916). He was married twice and had 4 children. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, on July 20, 1977, at age 90.
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An American stage, film, and television actor, writer, director, and producer, born in Chicago, Illinois. He started his career in vaudeville, then worked in local theater and on...Read more Broadway, and entered silent films as a screenwriter and actor when he was in his teens. He then entered with his wife the field of producing and directing silent films. Charlie Chaplin chose him to be his assistant in the movie Modern Times (1936). He mostly acted in silent films, and he appeared only in two films in the sound era, namely The Great Dictator (1940) and The Notorious Landlady (1962). He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Among his notable works are Marry the Poor Girl (1921) and Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916). He was married twice and had 4 children. He died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, on July 20, 1977, at age 90.