Actor. He is best remembered for his recurring portrayal of the lively Billy Kinkade on the television series "Union Pacific". After beginning his career in stock companies, he was introduced to director William Corrigan during a dinner party at the prestigious Sardis Restaurant. Impressed by his dark good looks, distinctive voice, and professionalism, he arranged for him to begin a career in the television industry beginning with him appearing under his direction per a supporting role on an episode of "Armstrong Circle Theatre". From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 120 features; often typecast as white-collared workers, detectives, reporters, boyfriends, chauffeurs, waiters, retail clerks, doctors, politicians, city slickers, sheriffs, cowboys, policemen, salesmen, educators, clergymen, husbands, fathers, curmudgeons, landlords, neighbors, and patriarchs. He appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Hallmark Hall of Fame," "Studio One," "Shadow of the Cloak," "Zane Grey Theatre," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "Jefferson Drum," "Schlitz Playhouse," "The Rough Riders," "Goodyear Theatre," "Hotel de Paree," "Bourbon Street Beat," "The Man From Blackhawk," "Overland Trail," "The DuPont Show with June Allyson," "Bronco," "The Man Dawson," "Cain's Hundred," "Dennis the Menace," "Cheyenne," "Adventures in Paradise," "Gunsmoke," "Bonanza," "Rawhide," "Death Valley Days," "Daniel Boone," "Slattery's People," "Perry Mason," "Mister Ed," "That Girl," "The Donna Reed Show," "Bewitched," "Iron Horse," "Lassie," "Bracken's World," "Dan August," "Ironside," "Mannix," "Cannon," "Circle of Fear," "The Partridge Family," "Kung Fu," "The Rookies," "Kojak," "Matt Helm," "Barney Miller," "The Magical World of Disney," "Little House on the Prairie," "Switch," "Charlie's Angels," "Police Story," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Quincy M.E.," and "Days of Our Lives". In motion pictures, he had major roles in such films as "The Toy Tiger" (1956), "Man Afraid" (1957), "Monster on the Campus" (1958), "The Horse Soldiers" (1959), "Sergeant Rutledge" (1960), "Kid Galahad" (1962), "The Ugly American" (1963), "Cheyenne Autumn" (1964), "Have Your Hat on the Wind" (1969), "Vigilantly Force" (1976), and "F.I.S.T." (1978). During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a theatrical instructor for the UCLA, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, and he was married to Roberta Jonay from 1950 to 1976 (their union ended up her death and produced three children). Upon his 1980 retirement, he spent the final years of his life dividing time between his homes in California and Massachusetts, was a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and partook in charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of undisclosed causes.