生于洛杉矶。受演员母亲影响，6岁时即登台表演。1943年以艺名格洛丽亚·霍尔沃德进入百老汇，第二年进入米高梅影片公司，以《美女热》走上银幕。1947年以《杀人犯》获奥斯卡最佳女配角提名；1952年更以《玉女奇男》荣获第25届奥斯卡最佳女配角金像奖。50年代末期以后仅断续在几部影片中露面。70年代后半期在英国重返舞台，1981年去世。
Popular leading man in 1940's Hollywood who, with his suave demeanor, exotically handsome looks and well-modulated voice, was first called upon to portray mysterious or villainous characters. Soon he would be teamed with other "exotics" (e.g. Maria Montez and Sabu) in a series of escapist adventures, filmed in glorious Technicolor and set in lands of fable, which proved most popular with movie audiences of the World War II years. But with the end of the war, his career (like that of Montez) would decline. He ultimately returned to his city of birth to pursue opportunities in commercial photography.
