Although most of his films are lost, 20 have been discovered in private collections and
archives.
Following his death, he was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California.
Born to Mormon parents in Glenwood, Utah.
As a young man, he worked as a cowboy and ranch hand, and later won the Steer Bulldogging world championship in 1912 and repeated as champion in 1916, defeating challenger and friend Hoot Gibson.