Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stern Walter Wetzel in "How Do I Love Thee?" (1970). After working as a leading man on the stage in stock companies for 30 years, he was introduced to director Lesley Selander during a dinner party at the prestigious Sardis Restaurant. Impressed by his mature appearance, articulate voice, and professionalism, he arranged for him to begin a newfound career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Panhandled" (1948). From there, he would go on to appear in 125 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, white-collared workers, businessmen, butlers, landlords, neighbors, politicians, lawyers, educators, clergymen, doctors, aristocrats, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Sainted Sisters" (1948), "Task Force' (1949), "Buccaneers Girl" (1950), "Storm Warning" (1951), "The Jazz Singer" (1952), "Three Sailors and a Girl" (1953), "All That Heaven Allows" (1955), "Funny Face" (1957), "The World Was His Jury" (1958), "Pillow Talk" (1959), "The Bellboy" (1960), "Back Street" (1961), "My Geisha" (1962), "The Thrill of It All" (1963), "A House Is Not a Home" (1964), and "How to Commit Murder" (1969). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in such syndicated sitcoms as "Four Star Playhouse," "Cavalcade of America," "Matinee Theatre," "Captain David Grief," "Circus Boy," "Navy Log," "The Court of Last Resort," "Zane Grey Theatre," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "The Thin Man," "Wagon Train," "77 Sunset Strip," "Zorro," "The Lawless Years," "Playhouse 90," "Perry Mason," "Aloca Theatre," "The Millionaire," "Hawaiian Eye," "Law of the Plainsman," "One Step Beyond, "The Brothers Brannigan," "Cain's Hundred," "Follow the Sun," "Dr. Kildare," "Surfside 6," "Channing," "The Fugitive," "Petticoat Junction," "Bewitched," "The Munsters," "Ironside," "The Flying Nun," "Longstreet," "The F.B.I.," "Medical Center," "Mannix," and "Cannon". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was an honorary member of Actors Equity, had been supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the United Way, and he was married to actress Toni Gerry from 1948 to 1959 (their union produced no children). Following his 1977 retirement, he spent the final years of his life painting in oils, journaling, was a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and he was a generous contributor for several libraries and hospitals, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.