Born in Los Angeles, CA. Director of photography who entered American film as cinematographer for Cecil B. DeMille's THE WOMAN GOD FORGOT (1917) at Artcraft/Paramount. He shot almost 50 silent films before the advent of sound in 1928. His first talkie was SALLY at First National in 1929. Other notable credits include BRIDE OF THE REGIMENT (1930), HELL BOUND (1931), MEN ARE SUCH FOOLS (1932), TOMORROW AT SEVEN (1933), HERE COMES THE BAND (1935), RAINBOW ON THE RIVER (1936), SECRET VALLEY (1937), SONS OF THE LEGION (1938), ESCAPE TO PARADISE (1939), ALWAYS A BRIDE (1940), NEW YORK TOWN (1941), JUNIOR ARMY (1942), HI DIDDLE DIDDLE (1943), RETURN FROM NOWHERE (1944), SON OF LASSIE (1945), BAD BASCOMB (1946), GOOD NEWS (1947), ANNIE WAS A WONDER (1948), LITTLE WOMEN (1949) and his last film, DUCHESS OF IDAHO (1950). From the early 1940s, he worked mainly at MGM.  Nominated for Cinematography (Color) 1949: LITTLE WOMEN (w. Robert Planck) 1 nomination