Career
His most memorable scene in that film comes when "Pork" discloses to Scarlett O"Hara, portrayed by Vivian Leigh, the back property taxes on Tara, are $300. On January 4, 1949, he was fatally struck by a taxi cab as he stepped off a curb in Times Square ten days after his 49th birthday. At the time of his death he was scheduled to have a major role in the play Leading Lady, and he was replaced by Ossie Davis.
He is buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Maspeth, Long Island, New New York