Definitive and unusually early  8x10-inch black and white bust portrait, boldly signed and inscribed in fountain pen in the 1940s.  In fine condition for its age, with scattered handling dings and edge wear.  In his incredible 70-year Hollywood career, the veteran character actor appeared in over 200 films and television programs, typically cast as scarred, brooding underworld heavies.  Among his many memorable credits are The Arizonian (1935), Charlie Chan at the Opera (1936), Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937), Murder in Greenwich Village (1937), The Shadow (1937), While the City Sleeps (1938), Charlie Chan in Honolulu (1938), Johnny Apollo (1940), Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940), the horror flick The Monster and the Girl (1941), Lady Scarface (1941), Hold That Ghost (1941), This Gun for Hire (1942), The Ox-Bow Incident (1943), Life with Blondie (1945), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion (1950), Helen of Troy (1956), and the James Bond classic The Man with the Golden Gun (1974). 

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