Biography
Canada's child prodigy violinist. Played a command performance for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII, at age 5.) First cousin of Walter Huston, who encouraged him to first vaudeville and then later talking pictures in Hollywood. Went on to be a reliable supporting player in Westerns and wrote a number of now classic country songs.
Movies & TV Shows
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New Frontier (1939) — Accordion Player
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Young Bill Hickok (1940) — Piano Player
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In Old Cheyenne (1941) — Accordion Player
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Frontier Pony Express (1939) — Fiddler
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Billy the Kid in Texas (1940) — Barfly Watching Fight
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Billy the Kid Trapped (1942) — Barfly
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Sing Cowboy Sing (1937) — Townsman
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Aces and Eights (1936) — Gambler (uncredited)
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Billy the Kid's Gun Justice (1940) — Settler
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Sheriff of Tombstone (1941) — Bonanza Piano Player
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The Silver Trail (1937) — Curt
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Ambush Valley (1936) — Diggs
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Gun Grit (1936) — Henchman Don
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North of Arizona (1935) — Fiddle Player
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Southward Ho! (1939) — Reb Soldier
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Rough Riders' Round-up (1939) — Musician
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The Cheyenne Kid (1940) — Posse Rider
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Cheyenne Rides Again (1937) — Card Player
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In Old Monterey (1939) — Guitarist
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California Straight Ahead (1937)
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Six-Gun Trail (1938) — Barfly
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Valley of Terror (1937) — Piano Player
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The Feud of the Trail (1937) — Barfly
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Red River Valley (1936) — Construction Worker (uncredited)
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The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939) — Settler
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Doomed at Sundown (1937) — Roulette Table Man
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Lightning Strikes West (1940) — Posse Rider
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Billy the Kid in Santa Fe (1941) — Gambler (uncredited)
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The Lone Rider and the Bandit (1942) — Third Miner
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Whirlwind Horseman (1938) — Holt
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The Feud Maker (1938) — Settler
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Gun Play (1935) — Tobacco Chewer (uncredited)
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Gunsmoke Trail (1938) — Gambler
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In Old Montana (1939) — Rancher
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Riders of the Sage (1939) — Powers Rider
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Trailing Double Trouble (1940) — Barfly
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The Singing Buckaroo (1937) — Cowhand Musician
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Billy The Kid's Round-Up (1941) — Man Reporting Murder
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The Fugitive Sheriff (1936) — Fiddler (uncredited)
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Vengeance of Rannah (1936) — Henchman Nolan