Kammala wannan jumla: An haifi Eddie Morton a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, ɗan ɗan wasan kwaikwayo C.H. Morton, wanda yake cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na asali na "The Black Crook". Daga kimanin 1898 har zuwa kimanin 1905, ya yi aiki ga Sashen 'Yan Sanda na Philadelphia, wanda ya haifar da shi daga baya da ake kira "The Singing Cop". Daga nan sai ya zama dan wasa mai ban sha'awa, kuma a 1907 ya bayyana a
Madison Square Roof Garden a birnin New York a cikin 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na "The Maid and the Millionaire", wani wasan kwaikwayo na kiɗa. A shekara mai zuwa ya yi yawon shakatawa a matsayin wani ɓangare na M. M. Thiese's Rollickers burlesque show, sannan ya zama sanannen jan hankali a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na vaudeville wanda Benjamin Franklin Keith da Sylvester Z. Poli suka gudanar.