Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong and ill-fated Nathan Grantham in the horror film "Creepshow" (1982). After beginning his career with the American Theatre Wing in New York City, New York, he starred in such stage productions of "American Holiday," "Murder in the Cathedral," "Class of '29," and "The Barrett's of Wimpole Street". With the advent of television, he relocated from New York City, New York to Los Angeles, California, and through the help of his connection, and friendship, with director Marc Daniels, he began a secondary career in the motion picture industry. For the next three decades, he succeeded as a high-demand character actor who was often typecast in roles of doctors, lawyers, businessmen, clergymen, sheriffs, cowboys, military men, butlers, politicians, managers, educators, fathers, uncles, husbands, good-natured neighbors, farmers, and patriarchs. He became a household name appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Ford Theatre Hour," "Nash Airflyte Theatre," "Sure as Fate," "Studio One in Hollywood," "The Goldbergs," "The Millionaire," "Zane Grey Theatre," "Cheyenne," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Rescue 8," "Northwest Passage," "Lawman," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Goodyear Theatre," "Riverboat," "Laramie," "One Step Beyond," "Playhouse 90," "Peter Gunn," "Bourbon Street Beat," "Maverick," "Sugarfoot," "The Loretta Young Show," "Thriller," "The Jim Backus Show," "The Rebel," "Dan Raven," "The Tom Ewell Show," "Naked City," "Two Faces West," "Outlaws," "Bronco," "Shotgun Slade," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Death Valley Days," "The Tall Man," "The Untouchables," "Saints and Sinners," "The Real McCoys," "The Eleventh Hour," "Dennis the Menace," "Route 66," "The Twilight Zone," "The Third Man," "Temple Houston," "Arrest and Trial," "Perry Mason," "Rawhide," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Ben Casey," "Branded," "Hank," "The Wonderful World of Disney," "The Fugitive," "Laredo," "The Young Marrieds," "A Man Called Shenandoah," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Star Trek," "Run for Your Life," "Judd for the Defense," "Peyton Place," "Daniel Boone," "Lancer," "The Outcasts," "The Big Valley," "Mission: Impossible," "The Guns of Will Sonnett," "Mannix," "Batman," "Matt Lincoln," "Medical Center," "Adam-12," "The Virginian," "This is the Life," "The Smith Family," "The Young Lawyers," "Ironside," "Columbo," "My Three Sons," "Gunsmoke," "The Rookies," "Alias Smith and Jones," "The Delphi Bureau," "Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law," "Lassie," "Dirty Sally," "The Blue Knight," "The Waltons," "Barney Miller," "Harry O," "Phyllis," "James at 16," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "Rhoda," "Greatest Heroes of the Bible," "The Incredible Hulk," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Nero Wolfe," "Lou Grant, "Magnum P.I.," "Quincy, M.E.," "Father Murphy," "Harper Valley P.T.A.," "Highway to Heaven," and "Little House on the Prairie". In film, he had major roles in such motion pictures as "Girls on the Loose" (1958), "The Matchmaker" (1958), "From Hell to Texas" (1958), "I Want to Live!" (1958), "The Gazebo" (1959), "Where The Boys Are" (1960), "Ada" (1961), "The Comancheros" (1961), "The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm" (1962), "A Tiger Walks" (1964), "Dead Ringer" (1964), "One Man's Way" (1964), "Youngblood Hawk" (1964), "Two on a Guillotine" (1965), "Zebra in the Kitchen" (1965), "The Singing Nun" (1966), "A Fine Madness" (1965), "Dimension 5" (1965), "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), "If He Hollers, Let Him Go!" (1968), "The Learning Tree" (1969), "Rooster Cogburn" (1975), and "The Boongens" (1981). During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was active with the California State Democratic Committee, served as a chairman for his local division of Habitat for Humanity, was a theatrical teacher with the Pasadena Playhouse, and was an activist for the LGBT Community. While appearing in what would be his final role in "Beyond the Next Mountain", Lormer, who never married nor had any children, died from undisclosed causes.