Trivia

Actor and father, with Adrienne Morrison, of actresses Barbara Bennett, Constance Bennett and Joan Bennett.

Debonair matinée idol, on stage from 1891. He began as a tailor's assistant in Logansport, Indiana, raising a stake of $50 to enable him to join a vaudeville troupe in Chicago. Before becoming established, he also worked as a clerk and took up professional boxing for a while. Bennett's lengthy Broadway career spanned the years from 1899 to 1935. He was primarily a star of the theatre, though his many forays into films included memorable roles in John Ford's "Arrowsmith", and, as the Major, in Orson Welles' "The Magnificent Ambersons".

Occasionally sidelined as technical adviser on silent-film adaptations of his stage plays.

Regarded Hollywood as a "madhouse".

Screen, stage and vaudeville actor.

Ex-son-in-law of Rose Wood.

He was the maternal grandfather of Morton Downey Jr..

According to an Associated Press news item announcing Bennett's death, he died "peacefully" at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles after several years of failing health.