Actor. He is best remembered his portrayal of the stern Dr. Arnold Johnson in "King Kong vs. Godzilla" (1963). After working as a radio actor in Chicago, Illinois, he was introduced to director George Sherman during a War Bond Rally at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. Impressed by his blonde good looks, articulate voice, and slim physique, he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him being under his supervision per a supporting role in "The Purple V" (1943). From there, he would go on to appear in over 100 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, soldiers, authority figures, clergymen, doctors, white-collared workers, educators, retail clerks, faithful friends, kindly neighbors, landlords, historical figures, businessmen, politicians, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Birdman of Alcatraz" (1962), "The Interns" (1962), "Summer Magic" (1963), "A Tiger Walks" (1964), "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964), "Harlow" (1965), "The Silencers" (1966), "The Graduate" (1967), "Yours, Mine, and Ours" (1968), "Halls of Anger" (1970), "The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler" (1971), "Sleeper" (1973), "Foxy Brown" (1974), "Escape to Witch Mountain" (1975), "The Big Bus" (1976), "Empire of the Ants" (1977), and "Matilda" (1978). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Studio One," "Naked City," "Search for Tomorrow," "The Detectives," "Hong Kong," "Peter Loves Mary," "Sugarfoot," "Harrigan and Son," "Leave It to Beaver," "Ben Casey," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "The Donna Reed Show," "General Electric Theatre," "Surfside 6," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Rogues," "Wagon Train," "The Farmer's Daughter," "Rawhide," "My Favorite Martian," "Perry Mason," "The Andy Griffith Show," "Bewitched," "Batman," "Death Valley Days," "That Girl," "Judd for the Defense," "Bracken's World," "Barefoot in the Park," "Room 222," "Bonanza," and "Days of Our Lives". 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 parishioner of the Episcopal church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, had been the celebrity spokesman for Country Time Lemonade, and he was married to fellow stage actress Betty Nielsen with whom he fathered two children. Upon his 1982 retirement, he spent the final years of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as being involved with charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.