Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stern Charlie Green in "I Cover the Underworld" (1955). Born into a family of restaurateurs, he began his career as a leading man in stock companies. While attending a luncheon at the Beverly Hills Hotel, he was introduced to director Mitchell Leisen. Impressed by his dark good looks, slim physique, and baritone 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 supporting role in "Bride of Vengeance" (1949). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 180 features; often typecast as villains, gangsters, sugar daddies, con-artists, aristocrats, policemen, city slickers, detectives, reporters, politicians, jurors, lawyers, doctors, military men, authority figures, chauffeurs, waiters, butlers, doormen, retail clerks, businessmen, henchmen, sugar daddies, indigenous people, guards, bankers, wealthy bachelors, fathers, husbands, curmudgeons, landlords, eccentrics, neighbors, clergymen, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Tuna Clipper" (1949), "Malaya" (1950), "Silver Canyon" (1951), "Viva Zapata!" (1952), "City Beneath the Sea" (1953), "The Miami Story" (1954), "A Bullet for Joey" (1955), "The Ten Commandments" (1956), "Spook Chasers" (1957), "Merry Andrew" (1958), "The Rabbit Trap" (1959), "Terror at Black Falls" (1962), "Drums of Africa" (1963), "Taggart" (1964), "Ship of Fools" (1965), "Cataline Caper" (1967), "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter" (1968), "A Dream of Kings" (1969), "Triangle" (1970), " The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler" (1971), "For Pete's Sake" (1974), "The Other Side of Midnight" (1977), and "The Man with Bogart's Face" (1980). On television, he appeared in numerous roles on such guest spots as "Stars Over Hollywood," "Front Page Detective," "China Smith," "Space Patrol," "Boston Blackie," "Dangerous Assignment," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Chevron Theatre," "Cavalcade of America," "The Adventures of Kit Carson," "Big Town," "The Lone Ranger," "The Cisco Kid," "Brave Eagle," "Adventures of Superman," "Broken Arrow," "Zorro," "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "Maverick," "Riverboat," "The Roaring 20's," "Route 66," "Checkmate," "Peter Gunn," "Wagon Train," "Perry Mason," "Hazel," "Batman," "Get Smart," "The Flying Nun," "Night Gallery," "Kojak," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Fantasy Island," "Lucky Chances," and "Airwolf". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, was the celebrity spokesman for Roma Wines, had been a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild. Upon his 1990 retirement, he spent the remainder of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and was involved in charitable and religious causes until his death from the complications of advanced age.