Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Deputy Kelvin in "Dead Man's Trail" (1952). After working in stock companies for 11 years, he was discovered by actor Ray Taylor while attending a casting call for bit players. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and distinctive voice, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Law of the Range" (1941). From there, he would go on to appear in over 240 features; often typecast as cowboys, henchmen, villains, curmudgeons, authority figures, soldiers, doctors, playboys, retail clerks, blue-collared guys, detectives, reporters, photographers, bellhops, waiters, doormen, lawyers, eccentrics, educators, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Cyclone on Horseback" (1941), "Captain Midnight" (1942), "California Joe" (1943), "Captain America" (1944), "Who's Guilty?" (1945), "Drifting Along" (1946), "Vacation Days" (1947), "Check Your Guns" (1948), "Bruce Gentry" (1949), "Fence Riders" (1950), "Valley of Fire" (1951), "Kansas Territory" (1952), "Desert Legion" (1953), "Gunfighters of the Northwest" (1954), "Creature with the Atom Brain" (1955), "Perils of Wilderness" (1956), "Utah Blaine" (1957), "The Left Handed Gun" (1958), "Ada" (1961), "The Wild Westerners" (1962), "Wall of Noise" (1963), and "The Trouble With Angels" (1966). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Boston Blackie," "Biff Baker, U.S.A.," "Ramar of the Jungle," "The Loretta Young Show," "Death Valley Days," "Hopalong Cassidy," "Topper," "Adventures of the Falcon," "Captain Midnight," "Stories of the Century," "Brave Eagle," "Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre," "Crossroads," "The Gene Autry Show," "Screen Directors Playhouse," "Chevron Hall of Stars," "My Friend Flicka," "Telephone Time," "Adventures of Wild Bill Hickock," "Annie Oakley," "The Lone Ranger," "West Point," "Adventures of Superman," "Highway Patrol," "The Restless Gun," "Trackdown," "Wagon Train," "Alcoa Premiere," "Bronco," "The Magical World of Disney," "State Trooper," "Northwest Passage," "M Squad," "Tombstone Territory," "Overland Trail," "Maverick," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Peter Gunn," "Riverboat," "Sugarfoot," "Laramie," "Rawhide," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Temple Houston," "Cheyenne," "The Virginian," and "Gunsmoke". 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 Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys Scouts of America, had been a theatrical instructor for Patricia Stevens Careers Colleges, authored the book the 1976 book "Actors Only", was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, had been the owner of the Terry Gene's Coffee Shop, and he was married to fellow actresses Marguerite Beady from 1940 to 1974 and Marion Carney from 1983 to 1993 (his first union ended upon Beady's death and produced two children and his marriage to Beady ended upon his own death). Upon his 1966 withdrawal from acting, he spent the next 20 years working as a vacation planner for a local travel agency and was a frequent attendee at autograph conventions, until his death from the complications of heart failure.