Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Phil Polanski in the dramatic feature "Payment of Demand" (1951). After attending the American Theater Wing in New York City, New York, He served as a fighter pilot in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and was awarded both the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross. Following his discharge from the army, he settled in California and began his professional career as an actor in the film industry beginning with a leading role in "Battleground" (1949). For the next 20 years, he went on to succeed as a prominent character actor appearing in over 55 features in a 30 year career, often typecast as husbands, fathers, doctors, athletes, lawyers, politicians, clergymen, best friends, blue-collared guys, military men, cowboys, sheriffs, educators, reporters, detectives, playboys, retail clerks, businessmen, adventurers, heroes, villains, love interests, eccentrics, city slickers, and military men. He appeared in such films as "Side Street" (1950), "Father Makes Good" (1950), "State Penitentiary" (1951), "A Yank in Korea" (1951), "Flying Leathernecks" (1951), "According to Mrs. Hoyle" (1951), "The Racket" (1951), "Purple Heart Diary" (1951), and "Jesse James vs. the Daltons" (1954). During the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Stories of the Century," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Stage 7," "Public Defender," "Your Favorite Story," "The Roy Rogers Show," "Gruen Guild Theater," "Highway Patrol," "Code 3," "The Court of Last Resort," "The Millionaire," "Harbor Command," "Target," "Dragnet," "Northwest Passage," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "The Silent Service," "Lawman," "Yancy Derringer," "Rescue 8," "Law of the Plainsman," "Tightrope," "Whirlybirds," "Death Valley Days," "Black Saddle," "This Man Dawson," "Johnny Ringo," "Men into Space," "Tombstone Territory," "Zane Grey Theater," "Klondike," "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," "Lock Up," "Bat Masterson," "Shotgun Slade," "Gunsmoke," "Alcoa Premier," "Laramie," "Wagon Train," "The Virginian," and "The Green Hornet". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was supportive of the California State Republican Committee, and presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. In 1967, he withdrew from acting and settled in Florida, where he enjoyed a successful secondary career in real estate and was a manager of the prestigious Coral Sands Hotel, a popular resort in the Caribbean, and focused on marriage and fatherhood until his death from complications of leukemia.