Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stern Major Kimball in "Orders to Kill" (1958). Born Cleve Richardson, after attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the University of Washington, he began his career traveling around both the United States and the United Kingdom in stock companies. After being discovered by director George Blair during a war bond rally in Los Angeles, California, he was so impressed by his dark good looks, manly physique, and professionalism, that he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his supervision in "Thoroughbreds" (1944). From there, he would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a character actor appearing in over 200 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, cousins, playboys, wealthy bachelors, doctors, politicians, jurors, mayors, landlords, neighbors, educators, blue-collared guys, cowboys, photographers, detectives, policemen, reporters, sheriffs, guards, soldiers, educators, historical figures, eccentrics, curmudgeons, businessmen, retail clerks, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Phantom of 42nd Street" (1945), "The Time of Their Lives" (1946), "Dangers of the Canadian Mounted" (1948), "Ghost of Zorro" (1949), "Union Station" (1950), "Show Boat" (1951), "Old Oklahoma Plains" (1952), "Salome" (1953), "Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl" (1954), "The Key" (1958), "John Paul Jones" (1959), "Exodus" (1960), "The Impersonator" (1961), "Come Fly With Me" (1963), "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965), "Duel at Diablo" (1966), "Return of the Gunfighter" (1967), "Napoleon and Samantha" (1972), "The Towering Inferno" (1974), "Night Moves" (1975), "Outlaw Blues" (1977), "Tilt" (1979), "Elvis and the Beauty Queen' (1981), "Yak's Best Ride" (1984), and "Grave Secrets" (1989). During the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Gunsmoke," "State Trooper," "Combat!," "The Twilight Zone," "Wheels," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Star Trek," "Lost in Space," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Mission: Impossible," "Hogan's Heroes," "The Rockford Files," "How the West Was Won," "McClain's Law," "Hardcastle and McCormick," "Dynasty," "Knight Rider," "The Waltons," "Alice," "Dallas," and "The Incredible Hulk". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and he was married to fellow actresses Lorraine Crawford, Anne Wakefield, Nancy Jeris, and Beverly Long (all unions ended in divorce and he fathered three children between his first and second relationships). In 1989, he retired from acting and spent the final years of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, granted occasional interviews, and was a generous benefactor for several libraries and state parks, until his death from complications of a stroke.