- Known as "The King of Serial Directors"; the inscription on his tombstone reads, "His Final Chapter".
- Sparred with Gene Tunney on the Mojave Desert site of The Fighting Marine (1926).
- Entered the film business as a stuntman. He had answered a New York newspaper ad seeking a stuntman to jump from the Palisades of the Hudson River while dressed in a suit, which paid one dollar a foot of distance fallen.
- A specialist in "B" westerns and serials, he had a well-deserved reputation for turning out films on time and under budget. His long career included stints at such studios as Edison, Pathe, RKO, Republic and Columbia. He finished at Embassy Pictures in 1965.
- One daughter: Harriet Bennet.
- Uncle of special-effects specialist Linwood G. Dunn.
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