Biography
Born Arlyle Arden Peterson Arden to a railway executive and a housewife, he grew up in St. Louis.
By the age of 9 he was already making money with dancing, he was considered a good tap dancer. Arden never married, he was always surrounded by beautiful women and by his own account couldn't be bothered, although he had been engaged in his younger years.
He lived in California for most of his adult life.
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