Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the heroic Gilbert Jones in "The Bad Man" (1930) and as the prestigious Jay Gatsby in the original Broadway production of "The Great Gatsby" (1926). Born into a prominent family, he began his career performing in several Shakespearean plays within his native Toronto until he went to serve as an officer with the Canadian Expeditionary Force during World War I. Upon the end of the war in 1918, Rennie relocated to the United States to begin his professional career as an actor. Debuting on Broadway, he rose to instant prominence following his acclaimed performance as Ted Musgrave in "Moonlight and Honeysuckle" (1919), during which, he was discovered by the famed actress Lillian Gish who arranged a film contract with him at Paramount Pictures. Between 1920 and 1945, he appeared in over 30 motion pictures, often portraying husbands, beaus, playboys, lawyers, doctors, and, in his later years, patriarchs, in such films as "Remodeling Her Husband" (1920), "Flying Pat" (1920), "Stardust" (1922), "His Children's Children" (1923), "Restless Wives" (1924), "Argentine Love" (1924), "Clothes Make the Pirate" (1925), "Camille" (1926), "The Bad Man" (1930), "The Girl of the Golden West" (1930), "Illicit" (1931), "Party Husband" (1931), "The Divorce Racket" (1932), "The Little Damozel" (1933), "The Glass Case" (1939), "Skylark" (1941), "Crossroads" (1942), "Now, Voyager" (1942), "Tales of Manhattan" (1942), "Wilson" (1944), and "A Bell for Adano" (1945). On the New York stage, he headlined for over four decades, appearing in the lead roles in such theatrical shows as "Spanish Love" (1920), "Pot Luck" (1921), "Madeline and the Movies" (1922), "Shore Leave" (1922), "The Love Habit" (1923), "The Best People" (1924), "Cape Smoke" (1925), "Spring Fever" (1925), "Crime" (1927), "Julius Caesar" (1927), "The Mulberry Bush" (1927), "Young Love" (1928), "Gala Night" (1930), "Trick for Treat" (1932), "Alien Corn" (1933), "Murder at the Vanities" (1934), "Knock on Wood" (1935), "Abide with Me" (1935), "Miss Quis" (1937), "I Must Love Someone" (1939), "Christmas Eve" (1939), "Russian Bank" (1940), "One Man Show" (1945), "State of the Union" (1947), "Mister Roberts" (1949), "Remains to be Seen" (1952), and "Trade Winds" (1957). During his career, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1936 and was also married to actress Dorothy Gish; their union began in 1920 and concluded in a 1935 divorce. In 1958, he retired from acting following his appearance in "Annie Get Your Gun" and spent the remainder of his life living a life of luxury within a Park Avenue duplex where he focused on sculpting, painting in oils, occasional travels to Toronto, Ontario, and being active within The LDS Church.