Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the hospitable Haley, the short-order cook who turned out to be the notorious three-eyed space creature, in "The Twilight Zone" episode "Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?". Born Bernard Ofner, he was raised within a traditional working-class family, the son of a leather salesman and a housewife, following his high school graduation, he began his career as a leading man on the stage in stock companies. While attending a dinner party at the prestigious Russian Tea Room, he was introduced to director Buck Jones. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and distinctive 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 leading role in "Black Acres" (1937). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 180 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, relatives, playboys, gigolos, blue-collared guys, detectives, reporters, city slickers, bailiffs, deputies, sheriffs, businessmen, state troopers, cowboys, conmen, clergymen, blue-collared guys, sergeants, lieutenants, authority figures, doctors, pharmacists, medics, soda jerks, waiters, chauffeurs, doormen, bellhops, retail clerks, politicians, district attorneys, lawyers, restaurateurs, managers, foremen, handymen, landlords, eccentrics, neighbors, curmudgeons, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "The Judge" (1949), "Little Egypt" (1951), "My Six Convicts" (1952), "The Glass Wall" (1953), "The Square Jungle" (1955), "Julie" (1956), "Drango" (1957), "Cry Terror!" (1958), "The Threat" (1960), "Della" (1964), "The Sand Pebbles" (1966), "Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues" (1972), "This Is a Hijack" (1973), "No Deposit, No Return" (1976), "O'Hara's Wife" (1982). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such sitcoms as "I Love Lucy," "Dragnet," "Gunsmoke," "The Adventures of Peter Gunn," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Hawaiian Eye," "The Andy Griffith Show," "The Dick Van Dyke Show," "Twelve O'Clock High," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Get Smart," "Adam-12," "Columbo," "The Funky Phantom," "Hawaii Five-O," "Cannon," "The Betty White Show," "The Brothers Brannigan," "Perry Mason," "Johnny Midnight," "Insight," "Lux Video Theatre," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "Playhouse 90," "Checkmate," "The Loretta Young Show," "Surfside 6," "Mannix," "Love, American Style," "Bonanza," "Cade's County," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Medical Center," "Fantasy Island," "Lou Grant," and "The Dukes of Hazzard". During his career, he served in the United States Army during World War II, 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 Democratic Committe, was a regular parishioner of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was among the several founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, sat on the board of directors for Lloyd Chase Productions, voiced the recurring character of police sergeant Hamilton J. Finger in the radio series "Rocky Fortune", had been a celebrity spokesman for Paper Mate Ballpoint Pens and Jeno's Pizza Rolls, and he was married to actress and dancer Marie DeForrest from 1941 until his death (their union produced no children). While appearing in what would be his final appearance in "Beyond Reason" (1985), he died halfway through production from complications of cancer and the film was posthumously released three years following his demise.