He had extensive experience on the vaudeville circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s when he arrived in Australia with Hayes they acting in the film "Come Up Smiling" (1939).
He had extensive experience on the vaudeville circuit in the US, becoming the highest paid variety star in the country by the early 1930s. In 1938 he married Evie Hayes and toured Australia, acting in the film "Come Up Smiling" (1939).