 In his prime, he was known as "The Yiddish Fred Astaire", appearing both on Broadway and in film.In 1936, he married fellow actor Mirele Gruber and toured with her through Poland for a year.In 1937 he made two movies, the short "I Want to Be a Boarder" (in which he sang his famous song "Trouble") and "I Want to Be a Mother" with Yetta Zwerling.