His over 290 films included: "Dick Tracy" (1937) as Air Crewman; "The Stranger from Arizona" (1938) as Thane; "The Frontiersman" (1938) as Sutton; "Riders of the Frontier" (1939) as Carter; the serial "The Phantom Creeps" (1939) uncredited as Parker; "Mexicali Rose" (1939) as McElroy; "West of Carson City" (1940) as Bill Tompkins; the serial "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940) with Buster Crabbe, uncredited in various roles Ming Adjutant/Arborian Sentry; "Showdown" (1940) as Bowman; "The Masked Rider" (1941) as Luke; the serial "King of the Texas Rangers" (1941) as Ross; "Tennessee Johnson" (1942) as Officer on crutches; "Sunset Serenade" (1942) as Bart Reynolds; "Nazi Agent" (1942) as Chief Petty Officer; "Riders of the Rio Grande" (1943) as Sarsaparilla; "Chatterbox" (1943) as Laborer; the serial "The Masked Marvel" (1943) as Kerr, the Diner Manager; "The Laramie Trail" (1944) as Blackie; "The Fighting Seabees" (1944) uncredited; "The Bells of Rosarita" (1945) as Maxwell; "My Pal Trigger" (1946) as Hunter; "Wyoming" (1947) as Sheriff Niles; "Blackmail" (1947) as Spice Kellaway; "Old Los Angeles" (1948) as Clyborne; "The Savage Horde" (1950) as Fergus; "The Dakota Kid" (1951) as Turk; "Desert of Lost Men" (1951) as Link Rinter; "Montana Belle" (1952) as Jim Clark; "Rogue Cop" (1954) as Lt. Vince Bardeman; "Oklahoma" (1955) as the Marshal, probably his biggest film appearance; "The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm" (1957) as J.P. Flemming; "Band of Angels" (1957) with Clark Gable, as Gillespie, the Overseer; "Ghost of Zorro" (1959) as Hank Kilgore; "Freckles" (1960) as McLean; "Destination Inner Space" (1966) as Skipper; "Texas Across the River" (1966) as Morton; "The Way West" (1967) as Masters; "Gaily, Gaily" (1969) as Doctor; "The Reivers" (1969) as Ed, The Judge and "Monte Walsh" (1970) as Proprietor, his last film. On TV he was a regular on "Spin and Marty" (1955) as Col. Logan and "The New Adventures of Spin and Marty" (1958) again as Col. Logan and "Gunsmoke" (1965-69) as Roy, a townsman. He also guest starred on many TV series including: "The Legend of Wyatt Earp"; "Annie Oakley"; "Circus Boy"; "Have Gun, Will Travel"; "26 Men"; "Maverick"; "Wanted: Dead or Alive"; "Rawhide"; "The Virginian"; "Perry Mason"; "The Wild, Wild West" and "Laredo." He died of cancer on November 28, 1969 in Woodland Hills, California at age 67.
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