On 4/10/44, after finishing a round of 18 holes on the golf course,
he went into the locker room to change but never came out. He was
found slumped over a couch from a massive heart attack.
Has the distinction of being the first man to play Captain America on the
screen.
Regarded as the unofficial king of Warner Brothers B-movies.
He was on the hockey team at Fordham University.
Rugged, durable "B" player for Warner Brothers in the 1930s and early '40s
who played strong-arm, he-man types, both heroes and villains.
Became a member of the Screen Actors Guild in late 1935.
Profiled in "Character Actors in Horror and Science Fiction Films, 1930-1960" by Laurence Raw (2012).
Buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California.