[5] He made his film debut in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance in 1916, and appeared in such other silent classics as The Ten Commandments and Sunrise.
By the time sound arrived, he had already been reduced to a bit player,[citation needed] but worked constantly (making 18 appearances just in 1939) and was always a welcome presence.
His final film role was a shoe salesman in the 1954 Martin and Lewis comedy Living It Up.
His younger brother was the silent film actor Louis Dumar (born as Luigi Liserani).
[7][5] Corrado died at the Motion Picture and Television Country House in Woodland Hills, California, on 23 December 1982 at age 89.