Emerging from a Chicago Irish-American Catholic family, he left Loyola after a year to study acting at the Barnum Dramatic School, served as a Navy gunner instructor in World II, then returned to radio before moving to New York where he refined his singing with Ray Smolover. His Broadway résumé includes Kismet and No Strings, the lead in Redhead (Tony winner), and the dual role of Cervantes and Do…
