 On stage in the 1890s he acted with Fanny Davenport in her play called "Gismonda" (1894) and later in "The Bird of Paradise" (1912) with actress Laurette Taylor.He started his film career in the 1910s in Hollywood, and was often associated in the productions of Cecil B. DeMille.He portrayed Moses in the biblical prologue of DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" (1923).