Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the sly Mike Rogan in "Shadows Over Chinatown" (1946). Born Gabriel Paul Barrere, after attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the American Academy of Dramatic Art in New York City, New York, he relocated to Los Angeles, California, in the late 1930s and after arriving at a casting call he made his film debut in a minor role in "Professor Beware" (1938). For the next 40 years, he would go on to flourish as a high-demand character actor appearing in over 350 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, cousins, uncles, boyfriends, blue-collared guys, retail clerks, doctors, lawyers, politicians, coroners, cowboys, sheriffs, guards, policemen, military men, detectives, photographers, reporters, thugs, sidekicks, neighbors, salesmen, gangsters, clergymen, waiters, chauffeurs, butlers, bartenders, bodyguards, doormen, and patriarchs. He appeared in such films as "Tenth Avenue Kid" (1938), "Midnight" (1939), "Hold That Woman!" (1940), "The Gang's All Here" (1941), "Man from Headquarters" (1942), "Silent Witness" (1943), "Notorious" (1946), "Brute Force" (1947), "The Dude Goes West" (1948), "Flaxy Martin" (1949), "Armored Car Robbery" (1950), "Valentino" (1951), "The Rose Bowl Story" (1952), "White Lightning" (1953), "Tennessee Champ" (1954), "The Night of the Hunter" (1955), "Lust for Life" (1956), "Mister Cory" (1957), "Vertigo" (1958), "It Started With a Kiss" (1959), "Ocean's 11" (1960), "The Big Bankroll" (1961), "All Fall Down" (1962), "Sex and The Single Girl" (1964), "The Great Day" (1965), "Made in Paris" (1966), "The Reluctant Astronaut" (1967), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (1969), "The Specter of Edgar Allan Poe" (1974), "Funny Lady" (1975), "A Change of Seasons" (1980), "Modern Romance" (1981), and "Heart Like a Wheel" (1981). With the advent of television, he became a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Boston Blackie," "Dragnet," "The Loretta Young Show," "Public Defender," "Adventures of the Falcon," "Cavalcade of America," "Soldiers of Fortune," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Lux Video Theatre," "Waterfront," "The Millionaire," "Blondie," "Playhouse 90," "December Bride," "Richard Diamond, Private Detective," "The Gale Storm Show," "Goodyear Theatre," "Maverick," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Surfside 6," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Untouchables," "The Twilight Zone," "Perry Mason," "The Munsters," "Bewitched," "McHale's Navy," "Batman," "Laredo," "That Girl," "Gunsmoke," "Dan August," "Cannon," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Baretta," "Little House on the Prairie," "Lou Grant," "Starsky and Hutch," "Hart to Hart," and "Trapper John, M.D." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, served in the United States Army during World War II, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, and he was married to Claudia Bryar from 1940 until his death (their union produced three children, one of whom was musician Paul Barrere who went on to become the lead singer of the rock band Little Feat). After retiring in 1983, he spent the final years of his life focused on charitable and religious causes until his death from undisclosed causes.