He was dubbed "the original tough guy", due to his mean, harsh "bad boy" persona in the Our Gang films, at times referred as villainous.

[2] Lowry got his start in Our Gang after he won a dance contest promoted by Gus Edwards.

[12] The award was a thousand US dollars, two tickets to Hollywood and a year's contract with Hal Roach Studios.

Lowry was not disturbed until a couple of nurses patted his head, which embarrassed him and almost took away his stage presence.

[22] They met Providence, Rhode Island mayor James E. Dunne in 1928, with Lowry expressing his wish that Al Smith would win the presidential election.

[25] He also was presented in a skit called Doin' Tough, in which episodes of Our Gang between 1926 and 1927 are shown, and after a while, Lowry comes on doing acts.

[28] In 1932, Lowry made a guest appearance in the Pittsburgh Press Seckatary Hawkins Club on 8 o'clock for half an hour over KQV.

[33] Lowry was hit by a truck in 1937, so he had to be hospitalized due to chin, teeth, and right elbow injuries.

[39] Lowry's dead body was found on May 1, 1989 in Miami Beach, Florida by local police.