Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the no-nonsense Pike Kendrick in "Powder River" (1953). Born into a prominent theatrical family, after working on the stage in stock companies for 27 years, he was befriended by fellow actor Lloyd Nolan while attending a casting call for bit players. Impressed by his blonde good looks, slim physique, and distinctive voice, he arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing opposite him in "Don't Be a Sucker" (1943) and from there he would go on to enjoy a successful career as a notable supporting character actor appearing in over 115 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, white-collared workers, bartenders, landlords, neighbors, bartenders, detectives, reporters, retail clerks, eccentrics, curmudgeons, sheriffs, cowboys, aristocrats, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Diamond Horseshoe" (1945), "Shock" (1946), "Forever Amber" (1947), "Call Northside 777" (1948), "It Happens Every Spring" (1949), "Broken Arrow" (1950), "Golden Girl" (1951), "Les Misérables" (1952), "The Farmer Takes a Wife" (1953), "Broken Lance" (1954), "The Virgin Queen" (1955), "Love Me Tender" (1956), "April Love" (1957), "Sing Boy Sing" (1958), "Warlock" (1959), "The Story of Ruth" (1960), "Pirates of Tortuga" (1961), "Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte" (1964), "Stagecoach" (1966), "Bandolero!" (1968), and "Sam Whiskey" (1969). During the advent of television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "My Friend Flicka," "The 20th-Century Fox Hour," "The Tall Man," "Death Valley Days," "Lawman," "Tallahassee 7000," "Laramie," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Dakotas," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Temple Houston," "Batman," "The Big Valley," "Custer," "Daniel Boone," and "Medical Center". 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 member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, and he was married to stage actress Lucille Adler (their union produced two children). Upon his 1971 retirement, he spent the final years of his life being a generous benefactor for several public schools and libraries, and being focused on numerous charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.