Actor. A 20th Century Fox-contract player who specialized in character roles, he is best known for his performances in "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Cluny Brown" (1946), "Sitting Pretty" (1948) and his best known film, "The Sound of Music" (1965) as 'Max Detweiler', the friend of the von Trapp family. His last film appearance was in "Young Frankenstein" (1974), playing 'Herr Falkstein.'
Actor. A 20th Century Fox-contract player who specialized in character roles, he is best known for his performances in "Ball of Fire" (1941), "Cluny Brown" (1946), "Sitting Pretty" (1948) and his best known film, "The Sound of Music" (1965) as 'Max Detweiler', the friend of the von Trapp family. His last film appearance was in "Young Frankenstein" (1974), playing 'Herr Falkstein.'
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