Appeared in 'Mermaid' comedies (1921-1922)
Appeared in 'Sunshine' comedies (1918)
Entered films with Lubin Co. in 1914.
He is reported to have tried it out as a full-time director at the beginning of his movie career, but was fired on first day of shooting with a film starring Mack Sennett, after performing an imitation of Sennett's mannerisms which the latter found offensive but made the crew roar with laughter. After that, he claimed to have turned his attention to performing altogether.
Was 'Ham' in 'Ham and Bud' comedy series (1914-1917).
While working on a 'Ham and Bud' comedy in the autumn of 1915, he suffered a compound fracture of his left leg and was unable to work for months afterward. The injury is said to have inspired the mincing walk he affected in his later solo comedies. In September 1931 he was struck by a car and fractured his left leg again. After his release from the hospital two months later, he was demonstrating to his friend Rex Lease how well he could walk without crutches when he fell and broke his right leg.