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His rapid loss of weight to 200 pounds (88 kg) from 300 (132 kg) was more than his system could endure.
His funeral eulogy was delivered by
Vincent Price
.
Was an usher at Grauman's Chinese Theater in 1937.
Best remembered as the title character in
The Lodger (1944)
.
Mammoth-sized US character actor, often in sinister or sulking roles -- sometimes of men twice his real age. He died young, of complications from a crash campaign to lose weight.
He appeared in 3 movies with
Gene Tierney
:
Hudson's Bay (1940)
,
Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
and
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
.
He appeared in 3 movies with
George Sanders
:
The Black Swan (1942)
,
The Lodger (1944)
and
Hangover Square (1945)
.
Played featured roles in six important films during the first year of his Fox contract.
Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California, USA, in the Eventide section, lot #37.
Attended fashionable Episcople Academy just outside Philadelphia, where he became active in dramatics.
Attended Winchester Academy, a noted boys' school in Longport, New Jersey.
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