In the Magnificent Ambersons, he plays the brief but dramatically significant role of Wilbur Minifer, Isabel Amberson's husband, and the father of George Minifer, the film's protagonist, but is uncredited.
Brown-haired American supporting actor, prolific on both stage and screen. Attended Cornell University and the University of Buffalo. Began as a singer at the age of 12. On Broadway from 1925 to 1937. Numerous small film roles from 1929 to 1967.