American actor
Father of Robert Henabery.
In 1925 he contracted tuberculosis and didnt work for almost a year while he was recuperating. When he was finally well enough to return to work, he found that none of the big studios would hire him, mainly because he had previously clashed with powerful studio heads Louis B. Mayer of MGM and Adolph Zukor of Paramount, and he was effectively blackballed. He wound up freelancing for lower-ranked studios like Columbia and Universal and cranking out low-budget action pictures for the independent states-rights market until he got a contract making shorts at Vitaphone.
His first job was as a railway worker. He started in the film business in 1913 and after two years began to direct features, working with D.W. Griffith on Intolerance: Loves Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as production assistant, researcher and associate director (as well as acting). Later directed for First National, Ince Studios and Famous Players Lasky. Served in the Army Coast Artillery during World War I.
