Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the strong-willed Victor O'Byrne in the original production of "The Royal Mounted" (1908). Born unto a working-class family, after years of working as a laborer he was encouraged by relations and peers respectively to pursue a career in acting due to praise of his effective reading at church functions. Upon immigrating to the United States in 1883, he settled in New York City, New York, and joined the Minnie Madden Fiske Company which permitted him to begin formal training. Impressed by his dark good looks, manly trim, thick accent, and reddish good looks, Mrs. Fiske aided the advancement of his potential, transferring him with good references unto the Prince Karl Company within the Madison Square Theater. Overseen by fellow actor and theatrical educator, Richard Mansfield, he completed his breeding for the stage and per the arrangements of Mansfield he made his official debut opposite the famed actress Lotta Crabtree in "The Girl I Love". From there, he would go to enjoy a successful career in American theater that would last for over 50 years and accumulate over 45 credits, often being typecast as either a playboy, dashing lover, businessman, doctor, politician, lawyer, clergymen, hero, aristocrat, detective, authority figure, husband, father, military man, wealthy bachelor, historical figure, eccentric, nobility, and patriarch. He appeared in such stage plays as "The Girl I Left Behind Me," "Dr. Syntax," "The Heart of Maryland," "A Runaway Girl," "A Stranger in a Strange Land," "Florodora," "The Silver Slipper," "A Princess of Kensington," "The Medal and the Maid," "Glittering Gloria," "The Money Makers," "The Prince Chap," "The Intruder," "The Lottery Man," "Modern Marriage," "The Woman of It," "Patience," "The Fatted Calf," "The Point of View," "Arms and the Girl," "Polly with a Past," "On the Hiring Line," "Paddy the Next Best Thing," "In the Night Watch," "The Dancing Girl," "The New Gallantry," "It's a Grand Life," "The Passing Present," "Paths of Glory," "Tomorrow's a Holiday," "The Lost Paradise," "Prince Karl," and "The Holmeses of Baker Street". In addition, he also appeared in a number of motion pictures such as "Arizona" (1913), "The Days of Days" (1914), "Not Guilty" (1916), "The Lords of High Decision" (1916), and "His Loyal Highness" (1932). During his career, he became a United States citizen in 1884, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was supportive of the New York State Democratic Committee, was a theatrical instructor for the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, was one of the founding members of the Neighborhood Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charter of the American Red Cross, served as vice-president of the Actors Equity Association, was a member of the Actors Fund of America, had been an honorary member of The Lambs, and he was married to fellow stage actress Louise Eissing from 1911 until her death in 1921 (their union produced no children). In 1937, he retired from acting and spent the final years of his life dividing time between his homes in Flushing, New York, and Cape May, New Jersey, painted in oils, was an acclaimed poet, wrote several short stories for the New Yorker Magazine, and was a generous benefactor for several schools, libraries, and hospitals until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.