Actor. Born in Romania, he emigrated to Canada and spent his youth in Winnipeg. After studying at the University of Manitoba for sometime, he moved to Toronto in 1950 in hopes of pursuing an acting career. He began taking acting lessons and was soon appearing in stage plays. In 1951, he co-founded The Jupiter Theatre with fellow actors Glen Franfurter, Edna Slatter, John Drainie, and Lorne Greene, (who would later go on to find fame as Ben Cartwright in the "Bonanza" television series). After a chance meeting with comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster that same year he became a featured act on the comedy duo's radio and television program, "Wayne and Shuster." In episodes of the series, he appeared in numerous skits and sketches with the likes of Sylvia Lennick, Ben Lennick, Les Rubie, Peggi Loder, Don Harvey, and Jack Duffy. He also went onto appear in several other roles including that of Josh Smith on "Sunshine Sketches" from 1952 to 1953, Mr. Sharpy on "Razzle Dazzle" in 1961, and as Ontario Premier Oliver Mowat in the mini-series "Reluctant Nation" in 1966. He was also one of the first hosts of the popular talk show "Irish Coffee" which premiered on the Canadian Broadcasting Network on September 24, 1969. During the 1960s, he became well-known for his voiceover work for radio, commercials, television, and classic animated cartoons. He was the voice of Donner in the Christmas classic, "Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer" (1964), General Thunderbolt' Ross in "Hulk" (1966), The Red Skull in "Captain America" (1966), and Friar Tuck in "Rocket Robin Hood" (1966), but he is probably best known as the voice of newspaper publisher J. Jonah Jameson in 76 episodes of the "The Amazing Spider-Man" which ran from 1967 to 1970. His later television work consisted of appearances on "Off Your Rocker" in 1982, "Reckless Disregard" in 1985, and an episode of the crime drama, "Night Heat" which aired a year after his death from heart failure.