Scottish-born Arthur George Brest (1899-1985) was under contract to MGM when producer Harry Rapf teamed him with Karl Dane for a series of silent comedy features.
Dane’s strong Danish accent posed problems when sound came along and their MGM career came to an end shortly after a short appearance in The Hollywood Revue of 1929. Arthur also appeared in Chasing Rainbows. After making a few shorts for Paramount, he and Dane split up.
In 1957 Arthur won an Oscar for producing a short film, The Bespoke Overcoat (1956), an early film by director Jack Clayton.
