 He was cast as timid, worried characters in many of his films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Mr. Poppins in Frank Capra's "You Can't Take It With You" and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in John Ford's "Stagecoach".From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree, in a series of 12 Warner Brothers two-reel short subjects written by S.S. Van Dine.According to Massachusetts marriage records database, Meek and Isabella "Belle" Walken married in Boston in a Methodist church on January 3, 1909.