Gaunt, hollow-eyed character actor who spent his first thirty years in show business as a vaudeville headliner. With his first wife Constance Purdy he formed the team of "Mack and Purdy," and with second wife Nella Walker he trod the boards as "Mack and Walker."
In films from 1925 to 1964, he appeared in hundreds of atmospheric bits and extra roles, usually playing doormen, businessman, reporter or cop somewhere in the background.