Background
He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and Florence Hackett (née Hart). His mother was later a silent screen actress.
He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and Florence Hackett (née Hart). His mother was later a silent screen actress.
He had been a child actor on the Broadway stage and was the brother of Albert Hackett. Hackett"s first wife was Myra Hampton, the marriage was dissolved. As a child he first appeared on stage in New York in 1907 in The Toymaker of Nuremberg.
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25, 1907 Garrick Theatre. In September 1909 he appeared with Margaret Anglin in the play The Awakening of Helena Richie. Had a major adult Broadway success in The Cradle Snatchers 1925 with Mary Boland and Humphrey Bogart.
Hackett was popular in early sound films but his movie career ceased about 1934.