- American character actor whose career began in silents but moved ahead in small film roles playing both sides of the moral fence as both no-nonsense inspectors, judges or attorneys and as crime bosses or crooked politicos.
- Raised in California and attended various schools there. Later attended University of Southern California and University of Pennsylvania.
- Appears in four Oscar Best Picture nominees: Alibi (1929), Five Star Final (1931), Grand Hotel (1932) and Blossoms in the Dust (1941). Grand Hotel won Best Picture.
- Father: Orlando Theodore Pratt; Mother: Cordelia H. Beadles.
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