Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the headstrong Francisco Quiroga in "The Young Land" (1959). Born into a theatrical family, he began his career as a dancer in various nightclubs. After servicing the United States Army during World War II, he worked as a professional figure skater until he was discovered by director Fred F. Sears while attending a luncheon at the Cocoanut Grove. 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 industry beginning with him appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "The World Was His Jury" (1958). From there, he would go on to enjoy a fruitful career as a notable character actor appearing in over 130 features; often typecast as soldiers, authority figures, cowboys, policemen, sheriffs, guards, waiters, chauffeurs, retail clerks, detectives, reporters, clergymen, curmudgeons, landlords, indigenous people, foreigners, eccentrics, henchmen, bartenders, and aristocrats. He appeared in such feature films as "The Gun Runners" (1958), "They Came to Cardura" (1959), "Deadly Duo" (1962), "Island on the Blue Dolphins" (1964), "The Professionals" (1966), and "Soylent Green" (1973). On television, he became an even more familiar face appearing in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "State Trooper," "Broken Arrow," "Wagon Train," "The Gale Storm Show," "How to Marry a Millionaire," "Zorro," "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin," "Bronco," "Rawhide," "Bat Masterson," "Wichita Town," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Riverboat," "Shotgun Slade," "Maverick," "Shotgun Slade," "Rawhide," "Bourbon Street Beat," "Peter Gunn," "Riverboat," "Surfside 6," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "77 Sunset Strip," "The Dick Powell Theatre," "Wagon Train," "Perry Mason," "Laredo," "Ben Casey," "The Big Valley," "I Spy," "Mannix," "Family Affair," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Adam-12," "Banacek," "The Six Million Dollar Man," "Barnaby Coast," "Wonder Woman," "The Rockford Files," "Cannon," "Falcon Crest," "Hart to Hart," "T.J. Hooker," "Scarecrow and Mrs. King," "Dynasty," "The A-Team," "Magnum, P.I.," "Days of Our Lives," and "L.A. Law". 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 a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, had been one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, was a theatrical instructor for the UCLA, and he was married to showgirl Betty Schalow from 1947 to 1949 and business executive Alix Bainbridge from 1958 to 1967 (both unions ended in divorce and he produced one son from his second marriage). Following his 1997 retirement, he spent the remainder of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and was involved in charitable and religious ventures, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.