About
Writer, author, novelist, actor, entertainer, artist, performer, and screenwriter who wrote novels including The Side-Show Girl, Held to Answer, and A Pair of Hellions. His work was adapted into films including 1919's Molly of the Follies and 1924's Tongues of Flame.
Before Fame
He studied at Florida Agricultural College and at a seminary in Berkeley, California. He worked as a pastor and a railroad clerk.
Trivia
In the year 1912, he wrote a critique of would-be president Woodrow Wilson. He later corresponded with President Theodore Roosevelt. He wrote dialogue for the 1933 film F. P. 1 Doesn't Answer and the 1937 film Black Roses.
Family Life
In 1891, he married Emma D. Garfield. After her death, he married Florence E. Judson. He had four children.
Associated With
He cowrote the 1920 film Guile of Women starring Will Rogers and Mary Warren.
