Born February 1, 1916· Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
† Died January 20, 2011
30Roles★ 6.9Average rating
Emerging from Fitchburg, Massachusetts, he broke onto Broadway in 1937 with the musical drama The Fireman's Flame and later shared the stage with Boris Karloff in the original run of Arsenic and Old Lace (1941-45), while a 1949 Marx Brothers picture gave him an “Introducing” credit. Though his film work included a pirate role in The Buccaneer (1958), he became most closely identified with the ruth…
