Emerging from a peripatetic childhood that moved from Brockton, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, he began acting on his high-school stage at fifteen and honed his craft at the Pasadena Playhouse before entering Hollywood in the early 1940s. Over a span of four decades he amassed more than 280 film and television credits, becoming a go-to “tough guy” whose deep voice and stocky build suited villains… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Strangers on a Train 1951 High Noon 1952 Patton 1970 True Grit 1969 Series ★ 8 Get Smart 1965
Colonel Von Klaus Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Sid Talbott Series ★ 7.7 Kung Fu 1972
Ed Rankin Series ★ 7.7 The Time Tunnel 1966
Ulysses Series ★ 7.6 Zorro 1957
Antonio Azuela (uncredited) Series ★ 7.5 Hogan's Heroes 1965
Col. Richard Leman Series ★ 7.7 Kolchak: The Night Stalker 1974
Deputy Sample Series ★ 7.6 The Wild Wild West 1965
John Obediah Brown Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
Mountain Man (uncredited) ★ 7.1 Criss Cross 1949
Walt ★ 7 The Sons of Katie Elder 1965
Henry Hyselman ★ 7.2 Ride the Pink Horse 1947
Thug (uncredited) Series ★ 7.1 The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. 1993
Sheriff Hyde Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Pvt. Vasily Kandinsky ★ 7.1 The Breaking Point 1950
Gotch Goten (uncredited) Series ★ 7.3 Have Gun, Will Travel 1957
Joe Marsh ★ 7 Executive Suite 1954
Detective (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Far Country 1954
Miner Who Spills Gold Dust (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Fountainhead 1949
Gus Webb (uncredited) Series ★ 7.2 The Rat Patrol 1966
Joe Marston ★ 6.9 7 Faces of Dr. Lao 1964
Lucas Series ★ 7 How the West Was Won 1977
Sheriff Boland ★ 6.9 Deadline - U.S.A. 1952
Hal (uncredited) ★ 6.9 The Fastest Gun Alive 1956
Ben Buddy Series ★ 6.9 Mannix 1967
Ward Gillis Series ★ 6.9 Tarzan 1966
★ 6.8 Big Jake 1971
Buck Duggan Series ★ 6.8 The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp 1955
Orry Taylor ★ 6.8 Reign of Terror 1949
Pierre Blanchard (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Sea Hunt 1958
Louis Hale Series ★ 6.7 Here's Lucy 1968
Vernon Series ★ 6.7 The Lone Ranger 1949
Dirk Nelson Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Marshal Jason Hartman ★ 6.7 Peyton Place 1957
Army Sergeant (uncredited) ★ 6.4 The Big Land 1957
Hagan (uncredited) Series ★ 6.7 Gunsmoke 1955
Al Janes ★ 6.5 The Lemon Drop Kid 1951
Muscleman (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Sheriff Goodbody ★ 6.4 Station West 1948
Bartender Series ★ 6.6 Adventures of Superman 1952
Foster ★ 6.7 Nevada Smith 1966
Uncle Ben McCanles ★ 6.4 Phone Call from a Stranger 1952
Bartender ★ 6.5 Fixed Bayonets! 1951
18th Infantry Colonel (uncredited) ★ 6.3 One Little Indian 1973
Sgt. Waller ★ 6.1 The Lonely Man 1957
Sundown Whipple Series ★ 6.2 Cheyenne 1955
Sgt. Cap Daniels ★ 6 Casanova's Big Night 1954
Mounted Guard (uncredited) ★ 6.2 Convicted 1950
Convict Tex (uncredited) ★ 6.2 The Crooked Way 1949
Sgt. Barrett ★ 5.8 Beachhead 1954
Maj. Scott ★ 6 Lust for Gold 1949
Man in Barber Shop ★ 6.3 The True Story of Jesse James 1957
Sheriff Hillstrom ★ 6.3 The Sea Chase 1955
Bos'n ★ 5.8 The Hunters 1958
Chief Master Sergeant ★ 6.1 Destry 1954
Cowhand ★ 6.5 Rancho Notorious 1952
Whitey (uncredited) ★ 5.6 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes 1948
Death Row Prisoner #2 (uncredited) ★ 5.4 Journey to Shiloh 1968
General Braxton Bragg Series ★ 6.2 The Big Valley 1965
Jim North ★ 5.7 Kiss Them for Me 1957
Shore Patrol Officer (uncredited) ★ 6.1 The Last Time I Saw Paris 1954
Campbell ★ 6.1 There's No Business Like Show Business 1954
Stage Manager (uncredited) ★ 5.1 Paradise, Hawaiian Style 1966
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