New York stage debut in "Liliom"

Broadway debut, "Noah"

Co-founded Mercury Theater with Orson Welles and John Houseman

Made TV debut in "Streets of New York" (NBC)

Film acting debut, "Saboteur", directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Acted in Jean Renoir's "The Southerner"

Reteamed with Hitchcock for "Spellbound"

Stage directoral debut, "The Road to Rome"

TV directoral debut, "Revue" (CBS)

Played the Fool to Lewis Calhern's "King Lear" on the New York stage

Directed "Mr. Lincoln", written by James Agee for first season of "Omnibus" (NBC)

Acted in Charlie Chaplin's "Limelight"; last feature for 25 years

TV producing debut (as associate producer), "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (CBS); became producer in 1962 and executive producer in 1963

Directed "The Jar" episode for "The Alfred Hitchcock Hour" (CBS), one of Hitchcock's personal favorites

Produced and directed for "Hollywood Television Theatre", a product of KCET (the public broadcasting station in Los Angeles); eventually became executive producer for series

Returned to feature acting after 25-year absence with roles in "FM" and "Audrey Rose"

Co-starred in NBC medical drama "St. Elsewhere" as Dr. Daniel Auschlander

Played the headmaster in Peter Weir's "Dead Poets Society"

Last feature (to date) Martin Scorsese's "The Age of Innocence"

Acted in "The Omen" (NBC), a pilot based on the 1976 feature film directed by Richard Donner; not picked up

Returned to series TV as co-star of the UPN drama "7 Days"; role made recurring for the 2000-2001 season

Had featured role in the CBS presentation "Fail Safe"

Played the president of Wossamotta U in "The Adventure of Rocky and Bullwinkle"