Raised in a family of artists and educated in Oslo, Paris and other European capitals, he acquired stage experience in school productions, fluency in several languages and a champion’s skill in fencing before returning to the United States. Beginning in the late 1930s, he built a prolific career that spanned radio, film and television, often portraying sophisticated con men, shady officials and sm… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Airplane II: The Sequel 1982 The Twilight Zone 1959 The Right Stuff 1983 Columbo 1971 Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Colonel Kyle K. Kirby Series ★ 8.1 The Untouchables 1959
Huey Barker ★ 7.4 The Right Stuff 1983
Henry Luce Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Captain Pender Series ★ 8 Combat! 1962
Gen. Armand Bouchard Series ★ 7.6 Zorro 1957
Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Colonel Harvey Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Major Lewis Series ★ 7.5 Hogan's Heroes 1965
General von Platzen Series ★ 7.6 The Rockford Files 1974
Judge Lyman / Inspector DeMartonis Series ★ 7.7 Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974
Series ★ 7.5 Quincy, M.E. 1976
Series ★ 7.6 The Wild Wild West 1965
Torres Series ★ 7.9 War and Remembrance 1988
Ernest King Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Jason Gore ★ 7.4 The Sign of Zorro 1958
Viceroy Series ★ 7.5 Ellery Queen 1975
Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Jubal Wade ★ 7 Christmas in Connecticut 1945
State Trooper #2 (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 The Winds of War 1983
Ernest King Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
★ 7 Scaramouche 1952
Doutreval ★ 7.2 The Corn Is Green 1945
Miner in Bar (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
Al Walker ★ 7.3 Hollywood Canteen 1944
Norwegian Sailor (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 Wanted: Dead or Alive 1958
Abraham Saxon Series ★ 7.2 Petrocelli 1974
Dr. Leo Stegner Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
Series ★ 6.9 Hart to Hart 1979
★ 7.2 The Truth About Mother Goose 1957
Narrator Series ★ 7 How the West Was Won 1977
Bishop Benjamin ★ 6.9 The Fastest Gun Alive 1956
Taylor Swope Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
Series ★ 6.9 Tarzan 1966
Series ★ 6.8 Land of the Giants 1968
Lieutenant Grayson ★ 6.7 Trooper Hook 1957
Fred Sutliff ★ 6.7 The Litterbug 1961
Narrator (voice) Series ★ 6.7 The High Chaparral 1967
Captain Surtee ★ 6.6 Revolt at Fort Laramie 1957
Maj. Seth Bradner Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Ned Rossiter ★ 6.7 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944
Lieutenant Commander (uncredited) ★ 6.6 Man on a Tightrope 1953
The Chief ★ 6.7 He Walked by Night 1949
Assistant Bureau Chief (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Cope Borden Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Bleeck ★ 6.6 State Fair 1945
Hog Contest Announcer (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Ten Tall Men 1951
Jardine Series ★ 6.5 Hardcastle and McCormick 1983
★ 6.6 Fun with Dick and Jane 1977
Jane's Father ★ 6.3 Tulsa 1949
Oilman (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Aquamania 1961
Narrator (voice) ★ 6.6 Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971
Colonel Ames Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
Nagel ★ 6.7 The Boys from Brazil 1978
Henry Wheelock Series ★ 6.3 The Flying Nun 1967
Series ★ 6.2 F Troop 1965
★ 6.6 The Reluctant Dragon 1941
Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Plymouth Adventure 1952
Gilbert Winslow ★ 6.1 The Girl in Black Stockings 1957
Sheriff Jess Holmes ★ 5.9 Please Murder Me 1956
Dist. Atty. Ray Willis ★ 6.4 The Cheyenne Social Club 1970
Clay Carroll (uncredited) ★ 5.9 Backfire 1950
Blake - Plainclothes Cop (uncredited) ★ 5.5 Vicki 1953
Police Capt. J. "Chief" Donald (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Creator 1985
Paul Series ★ 6.2 The Big Valley 1965
Daddy Cade ★ 5.2 The Chapman Report 1962
Geoffrey Harnish ★ 5.2 Destination Murder 1950
Frank Niles ★ 6 Dead of Night 1977
Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.5 Slaughterhouse-Five 1972
Rumfoord ★ 6.1 The Hallelujah Trail 1965
Narrator (uncredited) ★ 5.8 The Day of the Dolphin 1973
Wallingford ★ 6 The Left Handed Gun 1958
Pat Garrett ★ 6.3 Jagged Edge 1985
Judge Carrigan ★ 6.1 Apache 1954
Weddle ★ 5.3 Carousel 1956
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