Arthur Guy EmpeyAmerican soldier, writer, actor, and director Arthur Guy Empey was born on December 11, 1883, in Ogden, Utah. After serving in the British Army during World War I, he returned home and penned the best-selling autobiography Over the Top, which went onto sell over a quarter million copies. He contributed the lyrics to numerous patriotic songs and produced or directed a number of silent films, such as Troopers Three (1919) and The Undercurrent (1919). (1930). He was a professional soldier in the U.S. Cavalry for six years, during which time he excelled as a horse rider and marksman. When World War I started, he was living in New York City and working as a recruitment sergeant for the New Jersey National Guard. Empey fought as a bomber and machine-gunner in the British Army during World War I. He suffered a combat injury during the Battle of the Somme, and he penned a book on his experiences that became popular. He served as a security guard at a Californian aircraft production during World War II. He married actress and former "Miss Long Beach" Marguerite Andrus in 1930, and the two later got divorced in 1934. In 1963, at the age of 79, he died in a Kansas military hospital and was buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery. Read More Read Less