Bald, raspy-voiced, cigar chewing, diminutive Hollywood character actor who specialized in playing gangsters, both in a comic or serious variety, at his peak during the 1930s and 1940s.
Buried at Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery.
Entered films in 1919.
He was the voice (uncredited) of Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo (1941).
Provided the (uncredited) voice of Harry the Horse on radio's Damon Runyon Theater, which ran throughout 1949.