(1864-1943)
Born William Phillips in Nevada City, California, he found his calling as an actor when he studied dramatic literature at Santa Clara College. He joined a stock company in San Francisco and later toured with Helena Modjeska. The versatile actor enjoyed a 40-year stage career before going into motion pictures. Some of his best roles were in The Builders (1907), Paid in Full (1908), The City (1909), and in a comedy by his wife Marion Fairfax, The Talker (1912).
The Historical Dictionary of the American Theater. James Fisher.