Having begun his artistic journey in London and moving to Chicago at age four, he entered community theatre, later studying Greek drama at Northwestern and anthropology at Columbia and UCLA. Launching a radio career at seventeen, he quickly became a staple of 1930s-40s broadcasting, taking over The First Nighter Program, headlining The Adventures of the Thin Man, The Romance of Helen Trent, The Fa… Read more
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for North by Northwest 1959 Forbidden Planet 1956 The War of the Worlds 1953 Bonanza 1959 Series ★ 7.8 Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1955
Dr. Fred Bixby Series ★ 7.5 Bonanza 1959
Doc Lyman Series ★ 7.8 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 1964
Series ★ 7.6 The Andy Griffith Show 1960
C.J. Hasler Series ★ 7.7 Perry Mason 1957
Harry Lannon Series ★ 7.9 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour 1962
Felix Ryder ★ 7.5 The Story of Ruth 1960
Elimelech Series ★ 7.3 Rawhide 1959
Dr. Gardner Series ★ 7.1 The Rifleman 1958
Series ★ 6.9 The Beverly Hillbillies 1962
Dr. Stuyvesant ★ 6.9 The Phantom Tollbooth 1970
Humbug (voice) Series ★ 7.2 77 Sunset Strip 1958
★ 6.9 Quest 1984
★ 6.7 Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island 1983
The Well (voice) Series ★ 6.7 Mister Ed 1961
★ 6.7 The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy 1987
Gustav (voice) ★ 6.7 The Perfect Furlough 1958
Colonel Leland Series ★ 6.6 Wagon Train 1957
Horace Jurist Hamilton Series ★ 6.5 Shazam! 1974
Mentor ★ 6.5 Girl Happy 1965
Opening Narrator (uncredited) Series ★ 6.5 The Virginian 1962
Mr. Lowell ★ 6.4 Rikki-Tikki-Tavi 1975
Father (voice) Series ★ 6.2 The Danny Thomas Show 1953
Harry Marvel ★ 6.6 King Kong vs. Godzilla 1963
Mr. Tako / Dr. Shigesawa / Dr. Akira Makino / General Masami Shinzo / Commander Roberts / Narrator (voice) (uncredited) ★ 6.2 I Love Melvin 1953
Mr. Henneman ★ 6.5 The Monolith Monsters 1957
Martin Cochrane ★ 6.1 Strange Bedfellows 1965
Opening Off-Screen Narrator (uncredited) ★ 6.3 The Racket 1951
Harry Craig Series ★ 6.2 My Favorite Martian 1963
★ 6.1 Susan Slept Here 1954
Harvey Butterworth ★ 6.3 Starchaser: The Legend of Orin 1985
Arthur (voice) ★ 6.3 Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol 1962
Ghost of Christmas Present (voice) ★ 5.6 The Monster of Piedras Blancas 1959
Dr. Sam Jorgenson ★ 5.9 Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer 1985
Orin / Bombo / TV announcer (voice) ★ 5.4 Dream Wife 1953
Ken Landwell ★ 5.3 From the Earth to the Moon 1958
Countdown Announcer ★ 5.5 The Angry Red Planet 1959
Prof. Theodore Gettell ★ 3.6 The Slime People 1963
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