Began acting career under Jasper Deeter at the famed Hedgerow Theatre in Moylan, Pennsylvania

Broadway acting debut as Reynaldo and the second gravedigger in "Hamlet", starring Maurice Evans

Had featured role in "The Time of Your Life" on Broadway

Served as a private in the US Army

Appeared in the stage show "This Is the Army"

Film debut, "This Is the Army"

Portrayed the Dauphin opposite Ingrid Berman's "Joan of Lorraine" on Broadway

Early TV credit as guest performer on "Light's Out", an NBC live series of mysteries and tales of the supernatural

Returned to features in "Lady Says No"

Portrayed the suspicious handyman Leroy in "The Bad Seed" on Broadway

Reprised role in film version of "The Bad Seed"

Offered memorable turn as the coroner in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

Returned to Broadway to portray aide Louis Howe in the biographical play "Sunrise at Campobello"; received Tony Award

Final Broadway appearance in "Advise and Consent"

Starred in the ABC drama series "Channing"

Portrayed the bicycle salesman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

Had featured role as John Davidson's employer on the NBC sitcom "The Girl With Something Extra"

Portrayed retired judge Jonathan Dexter on the CBS sitcom "Phyllis", starring Cloris Leachman

Returned to the stage in an L.A. production of "Comedians"

Appeared opposite Virginia Mayo in a Los Angeles production of "Dear Jennie"

Made last film appearances in small roles in "The Grifters", "Dick Tracy", "Enid Is Sleeping" and "Aracnophobia"

Last screen appearance in the Joe Dante-directed segment "Lightning" of the Showtime anthology "Picture Windows"