Originally named Harry Leon Wycoff, he grew up in Indiana before serving in the Army’s field artillery and later the Air Service during World War I. After a stint as a stage manager for the Charles K. Champlin Theatre Company, he moved into acting with stock troupes in Cincinnati and made his Broadway debut in It Pays to Sin (1933), followed by numerous productions throughout the 1930s and 1940s.… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for Bewitched 1964 Peggy Sue Got Married 1986 Tora! Tora! Tora! 1970 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Series ★ 8 Emergency! 1972
Series ★ 7.9 Bewitched 1964
Series ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954
President Rufus Daggett (archive footage) Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
Mr. Hampton ★ 7.4 That's Entertainment! 1974
(archive footage) (uncredited) ★ 7.4 Little Women 1949
Father March Series ★ 7.3 The Jeffersons 1975
Series ★ 7.1 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries 1977
Messenger Series ★ 7.1 The Lucy Show 1962
Colonel Anderson ★ 7.1 Angel Face 1953
Fred Barrett ★ 7.1 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946
Kyle Sackett ★ 7.1 Charlie Chan on Broadway 1937
Buzz Moran ★ 7 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944
Alonzo Smith ★ 7 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938
Ex-Chauffeur (uncredited) Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
Colonel Foxhall Series ★ 6.8 Mister Ed 1961
Gordon Kirkwood ★ 6.8 Anchors Aweigh 1945
Admiral's Aide ★ 6.7 On a Clear Day You Can See Forever 1970
Burt Clews ★ 6.7 Peyton Place 1957
Leslie Harrington ★ 6.7 Battleground 1949
The Chaplain ★ 6.7 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo 1944
Lieut. Jurika ★ 6.7 Mr. Moto in Danger Island 1939
Commissioner Madero ★ 6.6 From the Terrace 1960
Samuel Eaton Series ★ 6.6 My Three Sons 1960
★ 6.6 Crisis 1950
Sam Proctor ★ 6.5 The Misadventures of Merlin Jones 1964
Judge Holmsby / Lex Fortas Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Judge Fitzroy ★ 6.5 The Absent-Minded Professor 1961
Rufus Daggett ★ 6.5 On Moonlight Bay 1951
George Winfield ★ 6.5 They Were Expendable 1945
Major James Morton ★ 6.4 Testament 1983
Henry Abhart ★ 6.2 By the Light of the Silvery Moon 1953
George Winfield ★ 6.2 The Velvet Touch 1948
Gordon Dunning ★ 6.2 Son of Lassie 1945
Anton ★ 6.2 Mysterious Mr. Moto 1938
Paul Brissac ★ 6.1 Peggy Sue Got Married 1986
Barney Alvorg ★ 6.1 Son of Flubber 1963
Rufus Daggett ★ 6.1 Scene of the Crime 1949
Capt. A.C. Forster ★ 6.1 A Date with Judy 1948
Lucien T. Pringle ★ 6.1 Lady in the Lake 1946
Derace Kingsby ★ 6 Sherlock Holmes in New York 1976
Daniel Furman ★ 6 Parachute Jumper 1933
Pilot with Alabama (uncredited) ★ 6 Murders in the Rue Morgue 1932
Pierre Dupin ★ 5.8 The Monkey's Uncle 1965
Judge Holmsby ★ 5.7 Just You and Me, Kid 1979
Manduke the Magnificent ★ 5.5 Dial 1119 1950
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