There were 17 other members of the school when it opened, including Charles "Buddy" Rogers and Thelma Todd.
In October 1926, the number of students at the school was reduced to six; Luden was one of the actors who remained.
His speech impediment made him a less desirable choice when Paramount increasingly produced sound films.
[3] In the late 1930s, Luden appeared in a series of low-budget Westerns produced by Columbia Pictures.
[3] In 1950, he was convicted for issuing checks with insufficient funds and for possessing heroin, and imprisoned in San Quentin State Prison, California.