Born November 13, 1913· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
† Died February 22, 1985
25Roles★ 6.9Average rating
Renowned for his resonant voice and Mid-Atlantic accent, the Brooklyn-born actor and narrator began his artistic training after abandoning a journalism course at West Virginia University to apprentice with Eva Le Gallienne’s Civic Repertory Theatre, where he studied dance, speech and make-up. He broke into film as the ruthless mob boss Mike Lagana in Fritz Lang’s The Big Heat (1953) and later beca…
