Songwriter ("Penthouse Serenade [When We're Alone], "Josephine")", composer, producer, screenwriter and author, educated at the Oundie School. He produced the Royal Air Force concert party "The Stunters" during World War I, and wrote musical revues for C.B. Cochran. He wrote the popular "Henry Aldrich" radio scripts. Joining ASCAP in 1921, he collaborated musically with Will Jason, and his other popular song compositions include "The Big Bad Wolf Is Dead", "Waiting for the Springtime", "You Alone", "The Day I Met You", "If It Isn't Love", "Some Day Soon", and "Singing a Vagabond Song".