Howard Lindsay was born on March 29, 1889 in Waterford, New York, USA as Herman Siegmund Nelke. He was a writer and actor, known for The Sound of Music (1965), Arsenic and Old Lace (1942) and Swing Time (1936). He was married to Dorothy Stickney and Maria Virginia Frolich. He died on February 11, 1968 in New York City, New York.