Ernest Truex
Movie Actor
Star of stage and screen in the silent film era who played roles in The Adventures of Marco Polo and Sing and Whistle. In 1939, he appeared in It's a Wonderful World.
At age nine, he toured across Missouri with the title of The Child Wonder in Scenes from Shakespeare.
He wrote, produced and co-starred with his future wife in the play Sing and Whistle.
He was married three times. His third wife was actress
He played Marco Polo's assistant in The Adventures of Marco Polo, which starred Gary Cooper.