He was best known as the blustery Southern politician Sen. Beauregard Claghorn ("That's a joke, son!") on Fred Allen's radio program in the 1940s.
His famous radio character, Senator Beauregard Claghorn, was the inspiration for the Warner Brothers cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
Portrayed Senator Beauregard Claghorn and also was the announcer for NBC Radio's "The Fred Allen Show" (1945-1949).
Profiled in "Old-Time Radio Memories" by Mel Simons (BearManor Media).
Started out as a child actor in silent films, most notably appearing in D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921).