Born: 16-Mar-1897
Birthplace: Keokuk, IA
Died: 24-Feb-1970
Location of death: New York City
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated, Garden State Crematory, North Bergen, NJ

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Thirteenth Chair

Host of the Academy Awards, 1930 and 1932, and Co-Host in 1953.

Father: Frank Nagel
Mother: Frances Murphy
Wife: Ruth Helms (m. 24-Jun-1924, div. 1935, one daughter)
Daughter: Ruth Margaret
Wife: Lynn Merrick (actress, m. 1945, div.)
Wife: Michael Coulson Smith (m. 1955, div., one son)
Son: Michael

    High School: Highland Park College, Des Moines, IA

    Oscar (honorary) 1940
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1719 Vine St. (motion pictures)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1750 Vine St. (television)
    Hollywood Walk of Fame 1752 Vine St. (radio)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Man Who Understood Women (2-Oct-1959)
    All That Heaven Allows (7-Jan-1956)
    One Million B.C. (26-Apr-1940) Narrator
    Kongo (1-Oct-1932)
    The Bad Sister (29-Mar-1931)
    Du Barry, Woman of Passion (11-Oct-1930)
    The Divorcee (19-Apr-1930)
    Dynamite (13-Dec-1929)
    The Kiss (15-Nov-1929)
    The Thirteenth Chair (19-Oct-1929)
    The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (14-Aug-1929) Himself
    The Mysterious Lady (4-Aug-1928)
    London After Midnight (3-Dec-1927)

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