Killed in a plane crash while performing a stunt for the film The Aviator (1929).
Supporting actor and stuntman at Keystone. Often used as stunt double for Larry Semon.
Cameraman Alvin Knechtel and pilot William Hauber and were killed on the set of The Aviator when their plane crashed while scouting locations for a scene in which a forced landing was to be filmed later that day.