Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the level-headed Lt. Sunderstrom in "On the Beach" (1959). Born Henry McGuire, after attaining his degree in communications for the University of Tennessee, he began his career on Australian radio voicing the lead character in the series "Night Beat". After meeting director Cecil Holmes during a dinner party at the home of actor Grant Taylor, he was so impressed by his dark good looks, southern charm, and professionalism, that he arranged for him to begin a career in the film and television industry beginning with him being under his supervision in "Captain Thunderbolt" (1955). From there, he would go on to flourish as a character actor in film and television; often typecast as husbands, fathers, authority figures, doctors, white-collared workers, detectives, reporters, salesmen, soldiers, neighbors, landlords, retail clerks, and aristocrats. He appeared in such motion pictures as "Inherit the Wind" (1960), "Cage of Evil" (1960), "The Walking Target" (1960), "Moon Pilot" (1962) and "Incident in an Alley" (1962). On television, he flourished as a household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Bronco," "Men Into Space," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Outlaws," "The Twilight Zone," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Surfside 6," "Gunsmoke," "Perry Mason," and "Leave It to Beaver". During his career, he held dual citizenship with the United States and Australia, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an active member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, was a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, presided as a chairman for his local divisions of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, and was the celebrity spokesman for Grace Gibson Radio Productions. Upon retiring in 1963, McGuire, who never married nor had any children, retired from acting and spent the final years of his life dividing time between his homes in Australia and California, painted in charcoals, and was a generous benefactor for several libraries and missions, until his death from the complications of coronary sclerosis.