About
London-born actor, director, and screenwriter who won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for How Green Was My Valley.
Before Fame
He fought in the Boer War.
Trivia
His brother-in-law James Needham loaned the young Winston Churchill money to travel to America in 1906.
Family Life
He was married to his first wife Marie Stark until their divorce in 1919 and later married Jane Murfin in August 15, 1932.
Associated With
He played Ulysses S. Grant in the film Birth of a Nation.
