He went to Detroit to work as an agent for the Grand Trunk Canadian National Railway.
His father died in 1925 and his obituary lists him as leaving a widow and three sons, Earl, Sumner and Joseph.
[1] In the 1930 U.S. Census Joseph Wagstaff was listed as a silent and sound film actor.
Other actors in this film were Hedda Hopper, Dorothy Burgess, Herman Bing and Bert Woodruff.
Other actors in this film were Betty Grable, Lola Lane, Frank Richardson and Walter Catlett.