生于维吉尼亚州奥林奇。第一次世界大战退役后，先后就读于佐治亚技术学院和北卡罗莱纳大学机械工程专业。之后转而加入帕萨迪纳社区剧团。1929年进入好莱坞，开始其银幕表演生涯。1933年一年就演出了11部影片，不久，他已是一位知名的罗曼蒂克角色的扮演者。二次大战后，以主演西部片为...
Hollywood stalwart Bruce Cabot's main claim to fame, other than rescuing Fay Wray from King Kong (1933), is that he tested for the lead role of The Ringo Kid in John Ford's Western masterpiece Stagecoach (1939). John Wayne got the role and became the most durable star in Hollywood history, while Cabot (eventually) found himself a new drinking partner when the two co-starred in Angel and the Badman (1947). In the latter stages of his career, Cabot could rely on Wayne for a supporting part in one of the Duke's movies.
