- Had his remains cremated because he had a lifelong fear of being buried alive.
- Best remembered for his high "split fence" collars, his antics with props (especially telephones), his mispronunciations and his temperamental flare ups as he humorously portrayed a lower east side father trying to keep his family together.
- Besides his wife, actress Clara Lipman, the writer Fannie Hurst and congressman William I Sirovich were at his bedside when he passed away.
- Father: Daniel Mann; Mother Carolina Hecht.
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