 He appeared in his first film in 1937, and the same year appeared in the film "Hollywood Hotel", where he introduced the Johnny Mercer song "Hooray for Hollywood".His lively rendition became popular and became closely associated with the film industry.He appeared in fifteen films including "Campus Cinderella" (1938), "Cowboy from Brooklyn" (1938), "Brother Rat" (1938), "Mr. Chump" (1938),"'A Child Is Born" (1939) and "Sarong Girl" (1943).