Career
Born in Portland, Oregon, LeGrand was backstage working the artificial snow when he made his stage debut to substitute for a missing actor. He continued in theater, doing dramas, musical comedies, tent shows and vaudeville. LeGrand appeared as a variety of dialect characters.
On radio he was a comedy favorite as Peavey the Druggist on The Great Gildersleeve.
He later was a regular on Fibber McGee and Molly as Ole, the Elk"s Club janitor, beginning February 15, 1949 just as that show began its decline, and appeared as Philosophy Harris" father on the Philosophy Harris Alice Faye Show (using the Peavey voice) from March 1954 until the end of that series in May of that year. He also performed roles on One Manitoba"s Family and the Hollywood version of I Love a Mystery.
LeGrand also portrayed Peavey in three of the Great Gildersleeve movies. His largest part, almost a co-star role, was in Gildersleeve on Broadway in 1943.