[1] He was educated at Ohio State University, where he participated in theatrical productions.

[2] Foxe left for New York City as a young man and became a stage actor, working for two years as the Garrick Stock Company's leading man.

[4] He appeared in some films in New York City and lived at the Lambs Club in the early 1920s at 130 West 44th Street in New York City but moved to California in 1922 and signed a contract with Fox Film Corporation.

Foxe married vaudeville star Maybelle Meeker, aka "Dainty Marie", on August 7, 1914, in Leavenworth, Kansas.

[6] The marriage effectively lasted about four months, but was not legally dissolved for a year.