 He continued to be Valentino's makeup artist until the actor's death in 1926, and afterwards did freelance work with Gloria Swanson, Clara Bow and Sonia Henie.He was also responsible for making actor H. B. Warner control his drinking habit during the production of "The King of Kings" (1927), as he kept feeding the actor cod liver oil until he vomited whenever he turned up for his makeup whilst drunk.After several weeks, Warner stopped drinking.