Emerging from a New Orleans family whose patriarch once boxed Gene Tunney and later ran a French Quarter nightclub, he honed his craft at the Pasadena Playhouse before entering Hollywood with a bit part in Golden Girl. He quickly became a television staple, first as Dr. Noah McCann in the NBC series Noah’s Ark, then as NYPD detective Adam Flint in ABC’s Naked City, a performance that earned two Em…
