Born in Spokane, Washington. Entered American silent film as a producer & presenter of WILD JUSTICE (1925) at UA. Other notable credits (as producer, supervising producer or associate producer) include THE EAGLE (also 1925), THE SON OF THE SHEIK (1926), TWO ARABIAN KNIGHTS (1927), THE GARDEN OF EDEN and TEMPEST (both 1928), ETERNAL LOVE (1929), PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ, BE YOURSELF! and ONE ROMANTIC NIGHT (all 1930), DOCTORS' WIVES and ALWAYS GOODBYE (both 1931), SHE WANTED A MILLIONAIRE and DANCING LADY (both 1933), THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN, EVELYN PRENTICE, THE GAY BRIDE and SEQUOIA (all 1934), MAD LOVE, BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 and THREE LIVE GHOSTS (all 1935), THE VOICE OF BUGLE ANN, THE ROBIN HOOD OF EL DORADO and ABSOLUTE QUIET (all 1936), PERSONAL PROPERTY and THE EMPEROR'S CANDLESTICKS (both 1936), OF HUMAN HEARTS, HOLD THAT KISS, ARSÉNE LUPIN RETURNS and BOYS TOWN (all 1938), SOCIETY LAWYER, BLACKMAIL and STONGER THAN DESIRE (all 1939), YOUNG TOM EDISON, EDISON, THE MAN and THIRD FINGER, LEFT HAND (all 1940), MEN OF BOYS TOWN, MARRIED BACHELOR, JOHNNY EAGER and DESIGN FOR SCANDAL (all 1941), JACKASS MAIL and A YANK AT ETON (both 1942) and SALUTE TO THE MARINES and THREE HEARTS FOR JULIA (both 1943). He was production advisor, writer and editor of D. W. Griffith's ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1930), and he directed DISORDERLY CONDUCT (1932).    Nominated for Best Picture 1935: BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936 - Producer at MGM    Nominated for Best Picture 1938: BOYS TOWN - Producer at MGM 2 nominations