Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of the Apostle Phillip in the television series "The Living Bible." After performing in several plays and dramatic readings at his local church, he was encouraged to upgrade his performances to a level of professional acting. He attended the acting school in Pasadena called the Pasadena Playhouse. He made his film debut in "The Pilgrimage Play" (1949). He would go on to appear in over 30 films; often typecast as a clergyman, husband, father, uncle, wealthy bachelor, doctor, lawyer, reporter, military man, policeman, neighbor, detective, patriarch, or sheriff, in such features as "Life of St. Paul Series" (1949), "The Dammed Don't Cry" (1950), "Women from Headquarters" (1950), "The Breaking Point" (1950), "Sierra Passage" (1950), "Lullaby of Broadway" (1951), "I Was a Communist for the F.B.I." (1951), "Strangers on a Train" (1951), "The Wild Blue Yonder" (1951), "Radar Men from the Moon" (1952), "Sea Tiger" (1952), "The Lawless Breed" (1952), "The Farmer takes a Wife" (1953), "Sky Commando" (1953), "Ride Clear of Diablo" (1954), "Rails Into Laramie" (1954), "The Caine Mutiny" (1954), "The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954), "Love Me or Leave Me" (1955), "The Big Bluff" (1955), "The Twinkle in God's Eye" (1955), "Great Day in the Morning" (1956), "Secret of Treasure Mountain" (1956), "Walk the Proud Land" (1956), "Band of Angels" (1957), "Escape from San Quinten" (1957), "Live Fast, Die Young" (1958), "Ride a Crooked Trail" (1958), "The Jayhawker" (1959), and "Seven Ways from Sundown" (1960). With the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "The Range Rider," "Stories of the Century," "Waterfront," "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Captain Midnight," "The Ford Television Theater," "The 20th-Century Fox Hour," "Casey Jones," "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon," "Tales of the Texas Rangers," "Frontier Doctor," "The Old Testament Scriptures," "Hotel de Paree," "Manhunt," "Death Valley Days," "Tales of Wells Fargo," and "Perry Mason". He served in the army air corps from Dec. 8, 1941, through 1946. He married in 1947 and had 2 children, one in 1950 and the other in 1951. He later had 2 grandchildren and 2 great granddaughters. After retiring from acting in 1962, he returned to college to get a bachelor's and a master's degrees and went to work in the Chancellor's office in Los Angeles. In 1966 he took a job as a part-time professor in Theater Arts at Fresno State College. He also worked part-time as an administrator doing the same work he did at the Chancellor's office. He became active in the Bulldogs Foundation for Fresno State and help raise funds to build the baseball stadium. He became a Catholic when he married in 1947.