Born in Springfield, Massachusetts, Vincent studied drama and oratory before he became a leading man in stock theater productions.

[2] On Broadway, Vincent appeared in The Ragged Earl (1899), The Last of the Rohans (1899), From Broadway to the Bowery (1907), The Man Who Stood Still (1908), The Letter (1927), Insult (1930), Criminal at Large (1932), and Alien Corn (1933).

He was stage manager for the Broadway plays The Age of Innocence (1928), Lucrece (1932), and Alien Corn (1933).

[3] Film companies for which Vincent directed included Kalem, Sterling, Cort, and Pathe.

[2] Vincent died in Metropolitan Hospital in New York City on July 12, 1957, aged 74.