Career
On stage he was with Marie Dressler in her 1914 Broadway play, A MIX-Uttar Pradesh. He also had success in vaudeville in the 1920s with the one-act play The Valiant. Like many other silent screen stars, Lytell"s career collapsed after the advent of talking pictures. Lytell was married to the popular silent film actress Claire Windsor from 1924 to 1927.
Lytell was President (Shepherd) of the famed actors club The Lambs from 1947-1952 and is listed as an Immortal Lambs.
He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.