 After rising to fame on radio and on the west coast, his orchestra was named the Favorite Band of Movieland.His fans included Marion Davies, Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Claudette Colbert, Kay Francis, Rudolph Valentino, Roscoe Arbuckle, Maurice Chevalier, Clark Gable, Norma Shearer, Greta Garbo, Clive Brook, Gary Cooper, Marian Nixon, Jack Oakie, Buddy Rogers, and Ruth Chatterton.Henry Halstead was born November 16, 1897 in El Paso, Texas and died on March 19, 1984 in California.