General manager of Universal City, and manager of Universal's west coast production and scenario departments.
Known For
The Phantom of the Opera
(1925)
Adaptation
Full Filmography
Writing
The White Terror
(1915)
Writer
The Eleventh Dimension
(1915)
Writer
Elusive Isabel
(1916)
Screenplay
The Sphinx
(1916)
Story
Leap to Fame
(1918)
Theatre Play
Swat the Spy
(1918)
Scenario Writer
Marriages Are Made
(1918)
Scenario Writer
Luck and Pluck
(1919)
Scenario Writer
Help! Help! Police!
(1919)
Scenario Writer
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
(1921)
Screenplay
I Am the Law
(1922)
Writer
The Long Chance
(1922)
Writer
A Woman's Woman
(1922)
Writer
The Thrill Chaser
(1923)
Story
The Gentleman from America
(1923)
Story
The Acquittal
(1923)
Writer
The Darling of New York
(1923)
Writer
Shootin' for Love
(1923)
Screenplay and Story
Out of Luck
(1923)
Scenario Writer
Thundering Dawn
(1923)
Adaptation
Bavu
(1923)
Writer
Little Johnny Jones
(1923)
Adaptation
Kindled Courage
(1923)
Scenario Writer
Broadway or Bust
(1924)
Story
Ride for Your Life
(1924)
Adaptation
K - The Unknown
(1924)
Writer
Hook and Ladder
(1924)
Story
Hit and Run
(1924)
Story and Scenario Writer
The Ridin' Kid from Powder River
(1924)
Adaptation
The Fighting American
(1924)
Screenplay
The Fast Worker
(1924)
Writer
Wine
(1924)
Adaptation
The Sawdust Trail
(1924)
Adaptation
The Dancing Cheat
(1924)
Writer
40-Horse Hawkins
(1924)
Screenplay and Story
The Saddle Hawk
(1925)
Screenplay and Story
I'll Show You the Town
(1925)
Writer
Taming the West
(1925)
Writer
The Hurricane Kid
(1925)
Adaptation
Let 'er Buck
(1925)
Story and Screenplay
Spook Ranch
(1925)
Screenplay
The Phantom of the Opera
(1925)
Adaptation
The Price of Pleasure
(1925)
Writer
Ridin' Pretty
(1925)
Story
The Flaming Frontier
(1926)
Adaptation
Millionaires
(1926)
Screenplay
Broken Hearts of Hollywood
(1926)
Story
Private Izzy Murphy
(1926)
Writer
West Point
(1928)
Story
Telling the World
(1928)
Writer
The Winged Horseman
(1929)
Screenplay and Story
Navy Blues
(1929)
Story
Burning the Wind
(1929)
Writer
Part Time Wife
(1930)
Writer
Hell Below
(1933)
Writer
Hard Rock Harrigan
(1935)
Screenplay
Happy Go Lucky
(1936)
Screenplay
Sitting on the Moon
(1936)
Screenplay
Smashing the Money Ring
(1939)
Screenplay
Secret Service of the Air
(1939)
Screenplay
Kid Nightingale
(1939)
Screenplay
Private Detective
(1939)
Screenplay
Devil's Island
(1939)
Story
Hold That Woman!
(1940)
Story
Murder in the Air
(1940)
Screenplay
Danny Boy
(1941)
Writer
Bullets for O'Hara
(1941)
Screenplay
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
(1942)
Screenplay
Murder in the Big House
(1942)
Screenplay
Secret Enemies
(1942)
Screenplay
Escape from Crime
(1942)
Screenplay
The Hidden Hand
(1942)
Writer
Isle of Forgotten Sins
(1943)
Story
Truck Busters
(1943)
Writer
Minstrel Man
(1944)
Story
The Last Ride
(1944)
Screenplay
The Contender
(1944)
Screenplay
Men on Her Mind
(1944)
Writer
The Great Mike
(1944)
Screenplay
The Missing Corpse
(1945)
Screenplay
Danny Boy
(1945)
Screenplay
Club Havana
(1945)
Screenplay
Crime, Inc.
(1945)
Writer
White Pongo
(1945)
Screenplay
Gas House Kids
(1946)
Screenplay
I Ring Doorbells
(1946)
Adaptation
Shadows Over Chinatown
(1946)
Writer
The Secret of the Whistler
(1946)
Screenplay
Larceny in Her Heart
(1946)
Screenplay
The Thirteenth Hour
(1947)
Screenplay
The Crime Doctor's Gamble
(1947)
Story
The Millerson Case
(1947)
Screenplay
Key Witness
(1947)
Adaptation
Daughter of the West
(1949)
Screenplay
Prisoners in Petticoats
(1950)
Story
Hi-Jacked
(1950)
Story
Directing