He attended Marshall High School in Chicago until his parents divorced and then went to live with his father who moved to California, graduating from Hollywood High School in 1926.
他在芝加哥的马歇尔高中就读，直到父母离婚，然后离开父亲搬到加利福尼亚，1926年从好莱坞高中（英语：Hollywood High School）毕业。