Nationality: American
Birthdate: 10/01/1909
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Death Date: 08/06/1965
Incisive, diminutive character actor, often bespectacled, who moved to Hollywood with Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater and is perhaps best remembered for playing Kane's loyal, bespectacled sidekick Bernstein in "Citizen Kane" (1941). Also excellent as the corrupt, crippled lawyer in Welles' "The Lady from Shanghai" (1948) and also in "The Men" (1950) and "Patterns" (1955).
Born and raised in Manhattan
1916
At age seven. played Puck in a school production of Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Dropped out of college and joined the stock company at the Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania; after receiving harsh criticism, decided to quit acting
Returned home to NYC; worked on Wall Street
1929
After stock market crash, decided to try acting again
