Post by snsurone on Dec 23, 2018 15:41:12 GMT
Born in 1915, he started acting on stage at the age of nine.
One of his biggest successes was in TOO MANY GIRLS in a role he repeated in the 1940 film.
Noticed by director Preston Sturges, he was cast in two wartime comedies, THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK and HAIL, THE CONQUERING HERO, and he became one of the biggest stars of the 1940's.
After the war, his star waned, so he returned to the stage and appeared in a number of plays.
Later in his career, he branched out to television.
I remember seeing him on THE GOLDEN GIRLS and MURDER, SHE WROTE.
He died in 2002 at age 87, just four months after the death of his wife of 63 years.
They had five children, three girls and two boys.
One of his biggest successes was in TOO MANY GIRLS in a role he repeated in the 1940 film.
Noticed by director Preston Sturges, he was cast in two wartime comedies, THE MIRACLE OF MORGAN'S CREEK and HAIL, THE CONQUERING HERO, and he became one of the biggest stars of the 1940's.
After the war, his star waned, so he returned to the stage and appeared in a number of plays.
Later in his career, he branched out to television.
I remember seeing him on THE GOLDEN GIRLS and MURDER, SHE WROTE.
He died in 2002 at age 87, just four months after the death of his wife of 63 years.
They had five children, three girls and two boys.
