Background
He was born Eugene O"Sullivan and began as a cutter in his father"s tailoring business in High Holborn in Central London.
He was born Eugene O"Sullivan and began as a cutter in his father"s tailoring business in High Holborn in Central London.
He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s. He became an assistant to Mozart and made his stage debut at the revue at the Alhambra, London in 1910 and his screen debut in 1912 for the Hepworth Company. He served in the Great War.
He is billed as "The "GENIE" of laughter" on the poster foreign
