Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the rugged Buffalo Bill in the Western epic "The Plainsman" (1936). Born unto a family of wealth and position, he settled in California after attaining a degree in science from the UCLA and was working as a technician for a film laboratory when he was discovered director Ray Enright. Impressed by his dark good looks and slim physique, he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his direction in "Play Girl" (1932). From there, he spent the next 30 years as a versatile character actor. Often typecast as a cowboy, husband, father, lawyer, doctor, playboy, love interest, wealthy bachelor, blue-collar guy, military man, educator, detective, and, in his later years, patriarch, he appeared as a leading man in such motion pictures as "Central Airport" (1933), "Carolina" (1934), "Buried Loot" (1935), "The Winning Ticket" (1935), "Reckless" (1935), "After Office Hours" (1935), "Call of the Prairie" (1936), "Trail Dust" (1936), "Borderland" (1937), "Annapolis Salute" (1937), "Vivacious Lady" (1938), "Mother Carey's Chickens" (1938), "Next Time I Marry" (1938), "Sorority House" (1939), "5th Ave Girl" (1939), "Hotel for Women" (1939), "You Can't Fool Your Wife" (1940), "Anne of Windy Polars" (1940), "Play Girl" (1941), "They Met in Argentina" (1941), "Charley's Aunt" (1941), "Careful, Soft Shoulder" (1942), "Army Surgeon" (1942), "That Other Woman" (1942), "The Undying Monster" (1942), "Dixie Dugan" (1943), "I Walked With a Zombie" (1943), "Best Foot Forward" (1943), "The Gang's All Here" (1943), "Lady, Let's Dance" (1944), "Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore" (1944), "Hollywood and Vine" (1945), "G.I. War Brides" (1946), "Calendar Girl" (1947), "The Ghost Goes Wild" (1947), "Last of the Wild Horses" (1948), "Hostile Country" (1950), "Marshal of Heldorado" (1950), "Fast on the Draw" (1950), "Kentucky Jubilee" (1951), "Oklahoma Justice" (1950), "Texas City" (1952), "Man from Black Hills" (1952), and "When the Girls Take Over" (1962). In 1963, he retired from acting and spent the next 25 years active as a successful real estate agent and spending time with his wife and children. In addition, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was active with the California State Republican Committee, presided as a chairman for his local charter of the American Red Cross, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church. After suffering a fall at his home in Montecito, California, he died from complications of a cervical fracture.