Brother of Mrs. Nicholas M. Schenck, née Pansy Wilcox.
Brother-in-law of Nicholas Schenck, President of MGM.
Educated at the University of Kentucky.
He worked with his nephew-in-law, producer Nicholas Nayfack, on Forbidden Planet (1956) and was planning to direct a big-budget MGM sequel, to be titled "Robot Planet", when Nayfack died unexpectedly in 1958.
Uncle of Niki Dantine.
Was the brother of actress Ruth Selwyn, who was married to producer/director/writer Edgar Selwyn.