After his acting career ended in the early 1940s, he became an
assembler for North American Aviation, a division of Rockwell
International.
Vacationing with his father in Los Angeles when that same afternoon he was immediately put to work on A Tough Winter (1923) when Charley Parrott (later known as Charley Chase) installed him with Our Gang (since he was the supervising director for Our Gang).
Was the original 'fat boy' of Hal Roach's Our Gang comedies, appearing in 86 of them.
Was 5 years old when his father sent him to audition for producer Hal Roach's comedy series that became "Our Gang.".
Buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA.