Background
Born in New York City, Emery was the son of stage actors Edward Emery (c 1861 – 1938) and Isabel Waldron (1871–1950).
Born in New York City, Emery was the son of stage actors Edward Emery (c 1861 – 1938) and Isabel Waldron (1871–1950).
He was educated at Long Island"s Louisiana Salle Military Academy.
Emery appeared on Broadway in John Brown (1934), Romeo and Juliet (1934-1935), The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1935), Flowers of the Forest (1935), Parnell (1935-1936), Alice Takat (1936), Sweet Aloes (1936), Hamlet (1936-1937), Antony and Cleopatra (1937), Save Maine the Waltz (1938), The Unconquered (1940), Liliom (1940), Retreat to Pleasure (1940-1941), Angel Street (1941-1944), Peepshow (1944), The Relapse (1950), The Royal Family (1951), The Constant Wife (1951-1952), Anastasia (1954-1955), Hotel Paradiso (1957), and Rape of the Belt (1960). Emery died on November 16, 1964 in New York City, aged 59.