He made his big film debut in "Psycho" (1960) as Charlie, the used car dealer, who sells Janet Leigh a car for cash. His other film credits include: "The True Story of Lynn Stuart" (1958) as Doc; "Walk on the Wild Side" (1962) as Preacher; "Geronimo" (1962) as Jeremiah Burns; "Ride the High Country" (1962) as Elder Hammond; "The Satan Bug" (1965) as Agent Reagan; "The Hallelujah Trail" (1965) as Sgt. Buell; "Namu, the Killer Whale" (1966) as Joe Clausen; "A Covenant with Death" (1967) as Dietrich; "Welcome to Hard Times" (1967) as Ezra/Isaac Maple; "Day of the Evil Gun" (1968) as Capt./Sgt. Jefferson Addis; "Five Card Stud" (1968) as U.S. Marshal Al Dana; "A Man Called Gannon" (1969) as Capper; "Heaven with a Gun" (1969) as Asa Beck; The Great Bank Robbery" (1969) as Mayor Kincaid; "Young Billy Young" (1969) as Frank Boone; "The Animals" (1970) as Sheriff Allan Pierce; "Cotton Comes to Harlem" (1970) as Bryce; "Soldier Blue" (1970) as Col. Iverson; "Man and Boy" (1972) as Stretch; "The Stepmother" (1972) as Inspector Darnezi; "Molly and Lawless John" (1972) as Sheriff Marvin Parker; "Il Consigliori" (1973) as Don Vito; "Executive Action" (1973) as Halliday; "The Dove" (1974) as Mike Turk; "Landfall" (1975) as John; "The Specialist" (1975) as Pike Smith; "The Lincoln Conspiracy" (1977) as Abraham Lincoln; "In Search of Historic Jesus" (1979) as Caiaphas; "Smokey and the Bandit II" (1980) as Governor; "Out of the Blue" (1980) as TV Interviewer; "Zoot Suit" (1981) as Judge F. W. Charles; "Carry Me Back" (1982) as Geoff; "Ashes and Embers" (1982) as Ned Charles; "American Adventure" (1982) as voice of Mark Twain; Never Too Young to Die" (1986) as Arliss; "Scorpion" (1986) as Neal G. Koch; "Eight Men Out" (1988) as Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis and "Deadly Innocents" (1990) as Gus, his final theatrical film. He was even more prolific on TV as a regular on: "The Life and Times of Wyatt Earp" (1959-61) as Virgil Earp; "Dallas" (1988) as Dr. Herbert Styles; "MacGyver" (1985) as Harry Jackson; Another World (1988-90) soap opera as Michael Miller and in the mini-series: "Once an Eagle" (1976) as George Varney; "Backstairs at the White House" (1979) as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt and "North and South" (1985) as William Hazard. He also appeared in many TV movies including: "The Dove" (1974); "The Quest" (1976) and "Bed of Lies" (1992). He guest starred on numerous series including: "Gunsmoke"; "The Rifleman"; "Perry Mason"; "Maverick"; "Twilight Zone"; "The Fugitive"; "Kung Fu"; "The Rockford Files"; "M*A*S*H"; "Star Trek: Next Generation"; "Quantum Leap" and "Murder She Wrote." He died on August 7, 1992 of a heart attack in Sherman Oaks, California at age 69.
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