Worked as baseball announcer at Ebbets Field for Brooklyn Dodgers

Stage debut as Captain in "Dick Whittington and his Cat" in Chappaqua, New York

Broadway debut as Private Cootes in "Vickie"

Film acting debut as Soldier in "Northern Pursuit"

First significant film role, "Destination Tokyo"

Ebegan working in live TV drama

Replaced Arthur Kennedy on Broadway as Chris Keller in the Arthur Miller play, "All My Sons"

Replaced Henry Fonda on Broadway in title role in "Mister Roberts"

Originated starring role as Captain Frisby in "The Teahouse of the August Moon" on Broadway

Male lead in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Trouble with Harry"

Directed "Mister Roberts" at the City Center Theatre in New York City

First TV series as star, "Bachelor Father"

TV producing debut, "The First Hundred Years" for "Vacation Playhouse"

Starred in Alfred Hitchcock's "Topaz"

Starred in TV series, "Dynasty"

Executive producer of "On Fire", an ABC-TV movie

Briefly returned to the stage during the pre-Braodway run of "Sacrilege"; withdrew from the show for personal reasons