- His famous radio character, Senator Beauregard Claghorn, was the inspiration for the Warner Brothers cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn.
- He was best known as the blustery Southern politician Sen. Beauregard Claghorn ("That's a joke, son!") on Fred Allen's radio program in the 1940s.
- Started out as a child actor in silent films, most notably appearing in D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm (1921).
- Portrayed Senator Beauregard Claghorn and also was the announcer for NBC Radio's "The Fred Allen Show" (1945-1949).
- Profiled in "Old-Time Radio Memories" by Mel Simons (BearManor Media).
- Kenny Delmar played four roles in Orson Welles' infamous "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast in 1938: a policeman, Captain Lansing, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Bayonne radio operator.
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