Personal Life
His first marriage, to Olive Deering, was dissolved in 1952. He was married in 1957 to actress Eileen Ryan, and became the father of singer Michael Penn and actors Sean Penn and Chris Penn. He died of lung cancer in Santa Monica, California on September 5, 1998 at the age of 77, and was interred at the Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City.
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