Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Pvt. Conolly in "Too Late the Hero" (1970). After serving in the British Army, he attained his degree in theatrical arts from the Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., and began his career performing as a leading man in stock companies. Upon being discovered by director James Goldstone during a stage production of "Blithe Spirit", he was so impressed by his blonde good looks, slim physique, and articulate voice, he arranged for him to begin a career in the television industry beginning with him appearing in a supporting role per his supervision in an episode of "Blue Light". From there, he went on to enjoy a successful career as a character actor appearing in over 80 films. Although, primarily typecast as tough guys, he equally found a niche performing as husbands, fathers, authority figures, doctors, politicians, soldiers, white-collared workers, reporters, detectives, guards, policemen, cowboys, sheriffs, and aristocrats. He appeared in such feature films as "Munster, Go Home!" (1966), "Kill a Dragon" (1967), "The Hell with Heroes" (1968), "The Hawaiians" (1970), "Something Big" (1971), "Trader Horn" (1973), "The Apple Dumpling Gang" (1975), "Treasure of Matecumbe" (1976), and "Swamp Thing" (1982). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Hogan's Heroes," "The Guns of Will Sonnett," "Combat!," "The Time Tunnel," "Garrison's Gorillas," "Mannix," "It Takes a Thief," "The Big Valley," "Lancer," "Bracken's World," "Night Gallery," "The Immortal," "Bewitched," "Bonanza," "McCloud," "Banacek," "Circle of Fear," "Cannon," "Shaft," "Little House on the Prairie," "Barnaby Jones," "Kojak," "Hawaii Five-O," "Charlie's Angels," "The Magical World of Disney," "Father Murphy," "Falcon Crest," "Manimal," "Automan," "Houston Knights," "Days of Our Lives," "Father Dowling Mysteries," and "Murder, She Wrote". During his career, he was a naturalized United States citizen, had been a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Methodist church, had been a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the United Way, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and he was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild. Upon his 1993 retirement from acting, he spent the remainder of his life serving as an ordained minister for the United Church of Christ in Simi Valley, California, until his death from the complications of a stroke.