- He reportedly died the morning after completing his scenes for Edward D. Wood Jr.'s Jail Bait (1954).
- A former circus performer. Though primarily a dramatic actor, he proved his comic flair in the 1910s in Universal's "Victor Comedies", and worked for Hal Roach in the 1920s.
- In films from 1913 with Selig Polyscope. Joined Universal in 1914. Specialized in authority figures: senior military officers, lawmen, politicians, newspaper editors, and the like.
- Has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- Leading man in Hollywood silents. In sound films thereafter, he was a character player until the year he died.
- Father of Sally Rawlinson.
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