Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Professor Estabrook in "The Christine Jorgensen Story" (1970). After attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he began appearing as a leading man on the Broadway stage starring in such productions as "Hold On to Your Hats," "Darkness at Noon," "Oklahoma!," "The Time of Your Life," "Brigadoon," "Arms and Man," "The Shrike," and "Richard III". Upon meeting director Joseph M. Newman during a dinner party at the prestigious Sardis Restaurant, he was so impressed by his distinctive voice, professionalism, and dry wit, that he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his supervision per a supporting role in "Abandoned" (1949). From there, he would go on to appear in over 85 features; often typecast as doctors, politicians, eccentrics, aristocrats, curmudgeons, white-collared workers, villains, businessmen, city slickers, landlords, educators, historical figures, authority figures, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "Operation Manhunt" (1954), "Crime in the Streets" (1956), "Odds Against Tomorrow" (1959), "Go Naked in the World" (1961), "The Spiral Road" (1962), "Massacre Harbor" (1968), and "Voyage from the Unknown" (1982). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse," "The Elgin Hour," "Omnibus," "Tales of Tomorrow," "Lux Video Theatre," "Janet Dean, Registered Nurse," "Producers Showcase," "The Alcoa Hour," "I Spy," "Harbormaster," "Armchair Theatre," "Naked City," "Deadline," "Cain's Hundred," "The Gertrude Berg Show," "Going My Way," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Combat!," "Bonanza," "The Untouchables," "Ben Casey," "The Twilight Zone," "Wagon Train," "The Fugitive," "Perry Mason," "Wagon Train," "Laredo," "Death Valley Days," "The Wild Wild West," "Burke's Law," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "Garrison's Gorillas," "Peyton Place," "Mod Squad," "Lancer," "Hawaii Five-O," "Dan August," "Primus," "Cannon," "Greatest Heroes of the Bible," "Hart to Hart," "Voyagers!," and "Beauty and the Beast". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an honorary members of Actors Equity, was an active parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, had a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, served in the United States Army during World War II, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, served as as councilman for Amnesty International, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and he was married to actress Jane A. Johnston from 1960 to 1964 (their union ended in divorce and produced one daughter). Upon his 1988 retirement, he spent the final years of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, divided time between his homes in California and New York, and was focused on charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of coronary embolism.