- He worked with his nephew-in-law, producer Nicholas Nayfack, on Forbidden Planet (1956) and was planning to direct a big-budget MGM sequel, to be titled "Robot Planet", when Nayfack died unexpectedly in 1958.
- Brother-in-law of Nicholas Schenck, President of MGM.
- He has directed two films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Lassie Come Home (1943) and Forbidden Planet (1956).
- Educated at the University of Kentucky.
- Brother of Pansy Schenck, née Pansy Wilcox.
- Was the brother of actress Ruth Selwyn, who was married to producer/director/writer Edgar Selwyn.
- Uncle of Niki Dantine.
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