Originally from Budapest and raised in Toronto, he first trained as a ballroom dancer before studying acting at the Actors Studio in New York, later relocating to London in 1949 as Paul Muni’s understudy in the British debut of Death of a Salesman. Choosing to remain in England, he built a prolific career with roughly 140 film and television appearances between 1950 and 1973, often cast as an Amer…