Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of the strong-willed druggist Mate Williams on the television series "Operation Petticoat." Born into a prominent family, the son of actress Elena Vergudo and screenwriter Charles R. Marion, following his high school graduation, he began his theatrical career after his mother arranged for him to have an interview with director Frederick Hobbs. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and articulate voice, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film and television industry beginning with him appearing in a supporting role under his supervision in "Alabama's Ghost" (1973). From there, he would go on to enjoy a successful career as a character actor appearing in over 40 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, boyfriends, love interests, doctors, sidekicks, landlords, neighbors, white-collared workers, city slickers, retail clerks, businessmen, executives, educators, detectives, reporters, photographers, eccentrics, and authority figures. He appeared in such feature films as "Godmother of Indian Flats" (1973), "Roadie" (1980), "Off the Wall" (1983), "Choose Me" (1984), "Jagged Edge" (1985), "Child's Play 3" (1991), and "Bad Business" (1996). On television, he flourished as a household name appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "The Dukes of Hazzard," "Hill Street Blues," "Benson," "Knots Landing," "Days of Our Lives," "Anything But Love," "Charles in Charge," "Designing Women," "Growing Pains," "L.A. Law," "Seinfeld," "Family Album," "The Wayan Bros.," "Major Dad," "Hang Time," "Everybody Loves Raymond," and "Mr. Belvedere". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was supportive of the California State Democratic Committee, had been a founding member of the San Francisco Bay Area's Magic Theatre, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, and he was married to fellow actress Ruth Silveira with whom he had two children. After appearing in what would be his final appearance in "Dean Quixote" (2000), Marion died unexpectedly from complications of a heart attack and the film was released posthumously.