He performed in many short comedy films with his wife Rosemary Theby.

When he was young, Myers moved to Philadelphia, where he received most of his education.

He studied drawing and design at the Philadelphia Art School for three years.

After 1920 he had many starring roles in feature-length films, the most notable of which was as the eccentric alcoholic millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights (1931).

[2] Myers died on December 25, 1938, in Hollywood, California, at age 56,[4] from pneumonia.