Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stern Arthur Gillis in the film "Naked in the Sun" (1957). Born James Boles, after beginning his career as a professional radio actor in his native Texas, he was brought to the attention of director Frank Coe who meet him during a business conference at Texas State University. Impressed by his laid-back appearance and baritone voice, he arranged for him to settle in California and begin a newfound career in the film and television industry beginning with him being under his supervision in a guest role on the television series "The Clock." From there, he would go on to appear in over 100 features as a prolific character actor; often typecast as husbands, fathers, doctors, lawyers, educators, clergymen, eccentrics, retail clerks, neighbors, sidekicks, businessmen, snobs, reporters, detectives, blue-collared men, farmers, policemen, cowboys, sheriffs, military men, landlords, bankers, guards, storekeepers, politicians, and patriarchs. He appeared in such films as "The Tattooed Stranger" (1957), "The Pusher" (1960), "Fate is the Hunter" (1964), "Fluffy" (1965), "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken" (1966), "The Trouble with Angels" (1966), "A Big Hand for a Little Lady" (1966), "The Reluctant Astronaut" (1967), "The Karate Killers" (1967), "Waterhole #3" (1967), "P.J." (1968), "The Shakiest Gun in the West" (1968), "With Six You Get Eggrole" (1968), "The Love God?" (1969), "Angel in My Pocket" (1969), "WUSA" (1970), "Skin Game" (1971), "When The Line Goes Through" (1973), "Nightmare Honeymoon" (1974), "Once is Not Enough" (1975), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), and "The Great Dynamite Case" (1976). On television, he became a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Famous Jury Trials," "Captain Video and His Video Rangers," "One Man's Family," "Tales of Tomorrow," "Man Against Crime," "Inner Sanctum," "The Jackie Gleason Show," "The Honeymooners," "Robert Montgomery Presents," "Cimarron City," "Steve Canyon," "The United States Steel Hour," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Untouchables," "Car 54, Where Are You?," "Naked City," "Bronco," "The Lloyd Bridges Show," "Cheyenne," "Empire," "The Lucy Show," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Twilight Zone," "Temple Houston," "McHale's Navy," "Ripcord," "Channing," "Profiles in Courage," "Daniel Boone," "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour," "Perry Mason," "Peyton Place," "The Man from U.N.C.L.E.," "Bonanza," "Garrison's Gorillas," "The Monkees," "Get Smart," "The Virginian," "Judd for the Defense," "Mod Squad," "The Ghost & Mrs. Muir," "Marcus Welby, M.D.," "The Rookies," "Love, American Style," "Night Gallery," "Circle of Fear," "Barnaby Jones," "Adam-12," "Cannon," "The Odd Couple," "Lincoln," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Harry O," and "Little House on the Prairie." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was supportive of the California Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Salesian Missions, and he was married to actress Athena Lorde with whom he fathered three children (actor Eric Boles and actresses Sue Boles and Barbara Boles). After appearing in what would be his final guest appearance in "ABC Afterschool Specials", Boles, a lifelong smoker, died unexpectedly from complications of cardiac arrest.