Career
He joined the Melbourne office of Pathe Freres and became manager of the Sydney branch in 1909. He managed Fox Film Corporation"s Australian operation from 1919 to 1938, during that time also serving as a chairman of director of Hoyts Theatres. He was an opponent of quotas for Australian films.
He worked as an alderman on the Sydney City Council from 1935 and served as Lord Mayor of Sydney from 1940 to 1942.