Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Ross Atherton in "Lady at Midnight" (1948). Born Harland Warde Lufkin, he began his career as a leading man on the stage in stock companies. While attending a social function at the prestigious Cocoanut Grove nightclub, he was introduced to director Mitchell Leisen. Impressed by his blonde good looks, slim physique, and unique voice, upon taking notice of his potential he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "I Wanted Wings" (1941). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 200 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, grandfathers, relatives, bachelors, aristocrats, nobility, historical or literary figures, ministers, lawyers, politicians, judges, policemen, detectives, reporters, sergeants, lieutenants, authority figures, bailiffs, deputies, guards, sheriffs, cowboys, bankers, doctors, white-collared workers, bartenders, landlords, neighbors, eccentrics, curmudgeons, district attorneys, historical or literary figures, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "O.S.S." (1946), "Buck Privates Come Home" (1947), "To the Ends of the Earth" (1948), "Flaxy Martin" (1949), "Customs Agent" (1950), "Operation Pacific" (1951), "Loan Shark" (1952), "Donovan's Brain" (1953), "Athena" (1954), "I'll Cry Tomorrow" (1955), "Julie" (1956), "The Wings of Eagles" (1957), "Cry Terror!" (1958), "The Gazebo" (1959), "Cry for Happy" (1961), "The Horizontal Lieutenant" (1962), "Papa's Delicate Condition" (1963), "Advance to the Rear" (1964), "Zebra in the Kitchen" (1965), "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!" (1966), "Ride to Hangman's Tree" (1967), and "Corvette Summer" (1978). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Rebound," "The Lone Ranger," "Racket Squad," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Waterfront," "Dragnet," "The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse," "Adventures of the Falcon," "I Led 3 Lives," "The Ford Television Theatre," "Stage 7," "TV Reader's Digest," "Treasury Men in Action," "The Lineup," "Public Defender," "Passport to Danger," "You Are There," "Cavalcade of America," "Telephone Time," "Navy Log," "Sugarfoot," "Code 3," "Fury," "Alcoa Premiere," "The Old Testament Scriptures," "Goodyear Theatre," "M Squad," "Mr. Lucky," "The Untouchables," "One Step Beyond," "Lock Up," "Cain's Hundred," "The Rifleman," "Sam Benedict," "Leave It to Beaver," "Laramie," "G.E. True," "McHale's Navy," "Wagon Train," "My Three Sons," "Lassie," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Slattery's People," "A Man Called Shenandoah," "The Wild Wild West," "Please Don't Eat the Daisies," "Perry Mason," "The Virginian," "Iron Horse," "Daniel Boone," "The Big Valley," "Death Valley Days," "Columbo," "Days of Our Lives," "Ironside," "Bonanza," and "The Rockford Files". During his career, he served in the United States Army during World War II, had been a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boy Scouts, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was among the several founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was a celebrity spokesman for Paper Mate Ballpoint Pens and Hallmark Greeting Cards, had been a certified neurological physician, was cited per gossip columnist Louella Parsons as being "Hollywood's Most Highbrow Gentleman", and he was married to real estate agent Barbara Whittaker from 1958 to 1963 and to educator Caroline Sherwood from 1949 to 1957 (both unions ended in divorce and produced no children). Following his 1979 retirement, he spent the final year of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and was involved in religious and charitable causes, until his death from complications of a brief illness.