- Began his career as a press agent. One of his earliest clients was Humphrey Bogart.
- Educated at Fresno College. Initially active as a private detective and journalist for the San Francisco Chronicle. First worked in Hollywood in the publicity department of Warner Brothers (1934), later under contract at RKO (1946-50). Writer of hard-boiled crime novels. Often wrote his screenplays under the pseudonym Geoffrey Homes.
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