A Texas native who earned a journalism degree at the University of Texas and a master’s in theater arts from the Pasadena Playhouse, he also taught himself cartooning, contributing to The New Yorker, Playboy and Los Angeles magazines. Launching his acting career on stage at the Pasadena, Laguna Beach and La Jolla playhouses, he moved into film with early roles in Man from Del Rio (1956) and The Cr… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Home Alone 1990 The Land Before Time 1988 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult 1994 Seinfeld 1989 Series ★ 8.3 The West Wing 1999
Ronald Cruikshank Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Mr. Smith Series ★ 7.9 I Love Lucy 1951
Bum (uncredited) Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Fireman (uncredited) ★ 7.5 Somewhere in Time 1980
Arthur Biehl Series ★ 7.6 The Golden Girls 1985
Mr. Hubbard Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Auctioneer Series ★ 7.5 Moonlighting 1985
Duncan Kennedy Series ★ 7.4 Who's the Boss? 1984
Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
George Sapley Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
A.J. Nelson - Paint Store Owner Series ★ 7.4 Highway to Heaven 1984
Santa Series ★ 7.6 Voyagers! 1982
Eisenhowers' Neighbor Series ★ 7.6 The Wild Wild West 1965
Jury Foreman Series ★ 7.3 The Jeffersons 1975
Series ★ 7.2 Punky Brewster 1984
Ben Series ★ 7.3 Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction 1997
Gus Hobbs (segment "The Bucket") Series ★ 7.1 The Waltons 1972
Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Parker Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Series ★ 7.4 Lou Grant 1977
Old Man Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
Joe Flecker Series ★ 6.9 Hart to Hart 1979
Sir Gavin MacLaish Series ★ 6.9 Leave It to Beaver 1957
Series ★ 6.8 Mad About You 1992
Yankee Third Baseman Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
★ 6.9 Quest 1984
Series ★ 6.8 The Invaders 1967
Manager Series ★ 6.7 Mister Ed 1961
Mr. Wood Series ★ 6.7 Sea Hunt 1958
Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Preacher Series ★ 6.7 Cannon 1971
Series ★ 6.6 My Three Sons 1960
Joe Walters ★ 6.5 Man from Del Rio 1956
Roy Higgens Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Bevers Series ★ 6.6 Just Shoot Me! 1997
Mr. King Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
★ 6 How Awful About Allan 1970
Dr. Ames ★ 6.2 The Velvet Touch 1948
Howard Forman (as William L. Erwin) ★ 5.9 The Shadow on the Window 1957
Policeman (uncredited) ★ 6.1 Under the Yum Yum Tree 1963
Teacher (uncredited) ★ 5.7 Cry Baby Killer 1958
Mr. Wallace ★ 5.7 Easy Living 1949
Minor Role (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 Growing Pains 1985
Buzz Series ★ 6.5 The Drew Carey Show 1995
Mr. Bradbury Series ★ 6 Suddenly Susan 1996
Mr. Tidgely Series ★ 6 Cybill 1995
Bill Series ★ 5.6 The F.B.I. 1965
Paxton Series ★ 5.9 Harry and the Hendersons 1991
Guest #1 ★ 4.5 Candy Stripe Nurses 1974
Principal ★ 6.4 Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead 1995
70-Year-Old Man ★ 5.6 The Willies 1990
Old Man ★ 5 Tarantulas: The Deadly Cargo 1977
Mr. Schneider ★ 5.5 Jet Pilot 1957
★ 3.6 A Crack in the Floor 2001
Harold ★ 5.1 Invitation to Hell 1984
Walt Henderson ★ 6.2 Inferno 1999
Eli Hamilton ★ 5 Stewardess School 1986
Orchestra Conductor ★ 5.9 She's Having a Baby 1988
Grandfather ★ 3.6 Chairman of the Board 1998
Landers ★ 5.5 Forces of Nature 1999
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