Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Sherriff Luke Standish in the cult classic "Hush...Hush...Sweet Charlotte" (1964). Born Robert Addy, he was raised within a family of wealth and position. While majoring in economics at the UCLA, he became involved with the campus dramatic club and began his career appearing in summer stock during his summer breaks at Martha's Vineyard. In 1935, he officially began his professional career as an actor on the Broadway stage appearing in leading roles in the original stage productions of "Panic," "How Beautiful with Shoes," "King Richard II," "Hamlet," "Romeo and Juliet," "Summer Night," "Antigone," "Twelfth Night," "Another Part of the Forest," "Candida," "The Leading Lady," "Galileo," "The Traitor," "King Lear," "The Enchanted," "The First Gentleman," and "The Strong Are Lonely". In 1950, he began a newfound career in the film and television industry beginning with a guest appearance on "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre" and for the next 40 years, he went on to succeed as a prominent character actor in over 80 features; often portraying doctors, lawyers, educators, clergyman, policeman, husbands, fathers, wealthy bachelors, detectives, reporters, society figures, cowboys, heroes, villains, military men, bankers, retail clerks, managers, best friends, sidekicks, neighbors, and uncles. He appeared in such motion pictures as "The First Legion" (1951), "Kiss Me Deadly" (1955), "The Big Knife" (1955), "The Garment Jungle" (1957), "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), "4 for Texas" (1963), "Seconds" (1966), "The Grissom Gang" (1971), "Network" (1976), "A Modern Affair" (1995), "Before and After" (1996), and "Harvest of Fire" (1996). With the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Out There," "The Ford Theatre Hour," "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Broadway Television Theatre," "The Doctor," "Suspense," "Studio One in Hollywood," "Hawaiian Eye," "The United States Steel Hour," "Armstrong Circle Theatre," "Slattery's People," "The Outer Limits," "Profiles in Courage," "The Fugitive," "I Spy," "Perry Mason," "12 O'Clock High," "Insight," "The F.B.I.," "Ironside," "Medical Center," "The Adams Chronicles," "The Rockford Files," "Ryan's Hope," "American Playhouse," "Loving," and "In The Heat of the Night". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was an honorary chairman for the Theatre Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, served in the United States Army during World War II, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was supportive of the Democratic party, and he was married to Academy Award winning actress Celeste Holm from 1966 until his death. Upon his retirement in 1996, he spent the final years of his life devoted to religious and charitable causes while dividing time between his two homes in Manhattan, New York, and Danbury, Connecticut, until his death from undisclosed causes.