Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the level-headed Dave Adams in "Claudelle Inglish" (1961). Born into a traditional working-class family, the son of a spray painter and a glove inspector, he began his career as a leading man on the stage in stock companies. While attending a luncheon at the prestigious Beverly Hills Hotel, he was introduced to actor Dean Jagger. Impressed by his blonde good looks, slim physique, and humble voice, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with him appearing in a leading role on an episode of "Mackenzie's Raiders". From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 35 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, relatives, boyfriends, blue-collared guys, clergymen, doctors, reporters, detectives, farmers, hicks, mechanics, soda jerks, mailmen, landlords, neighbors, eccentrics, curmudgeons, educators, policemen, city slickers, soldiers, authority figures, sergeants, lieutenants, politicians, gossips, snoops, sidekicks faithful friends, cowboys, sheriffs, guards, bailiffs, deputies, state troopers, waiters, doormen, chauffeurs, retail clerks, and salesmen. He appeared in such feature films as "The Horse Soldiers" (1959), "Teenage Conflict" (1960), "Wise Use of Credit" (1960), "Summer Magic" (1963), and "Take Her, She's Mine" (1964). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Black Saddle," "Zane Grey Theatre," "Richard Diamond, Private Detective," "The Dennis O'Keefe Show," "Wichita Town," "The Detectives," "Manhunt," "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis," "Klondike," "Wanted: Dead or Alive," "Gunslinger," "The Americans," "The Donna Reed Show," "The Rifleman," "Lassie," "Perry Mason," "Lawman," "Alcoa Premiere," "The Virginian," "Hawaiian Eye," "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "Death Valley Days," "McKeever and the Colonel," "My Three Sons," "The Farmer's Daughter," "The Lieutenant," and "Hank". During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a member of the Hollywood Republican Committee, was a regular parishioner of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, presided on his local charters of the American Red Cross and the Boys & Girls Clubs, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, had been one of the many founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, was the celebrity spokesman for General Motors and Zebra Ballpoint Pens, was a licensed behavioral healthy therapist, and he was married to drug and alcohol counselor Beverly Funk from 1961 until his death (their union produced seven children). Upon his withdrawal from acting in 1966, he went on to enjoy a lucrative secondary career as the administrator for the Ramona Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in El Monte, California, until his official retirement.