Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the vindictive Dr. Paxton in the cult classic "Night of the Demon" (1983). Born unto a prominent family, after completing his formal education at the University of Massachusetts, he settled in New York City, New York, to begin a career as an actor. After beginning his career in stock companies, he was befriended by actor Alfred Lund. Impressed by his dark good looks, articulate voice, and manly stealth, he took notice of his potential and arranged for him to begin a career on the stage as a leading man beginning with a leading role in an off-Broadway production of "A Hero is Born". From there, he would go on to enjoy a successful career as a character actor appearing in over 70 productions; often typecast as white-collared workers, doctors, love interests, historical figures, detectives, reporters, faithful friends, servants, clergymen, husbands, fathers, patriarchs, eccentrics, authority figures, and military men. He appeared in such stage productions as "A Doll's House," "Angel Island," "Babes in Arms," "As You Like It," "But For the Grace of God," "The Spiral Staircase," "Farewell Summer," "Golden Boy," "Hitch Your Wagon," "Mansion on the Hudson," "Of Mice and Men," "Red Harvest," "The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse," "Virginia," "30 Days Hath September," "Eye On The Sparrow," "I Married an Angel," "Knickerbocker Holiday," "Our Town," "The Seagull," "Wine of Choice," "Family Portrait," "Christmas Eve," "I Know What I Like," "Key Largo," "See My Lawyer," "The Philadelphia Story," "Wuthering Heights," "Very Warm for May," "Too Many Girls," "Patience," "Journey's End," "Blind Alley," "Heavenly Express," "Johnny Belinda," "The Corn is Green," "There Shall Be No Night," "Pal Joey," "Ah, Wilderness!," "Angel Street," "Twelfth Night," "Watch on the Rhine," "Clash by Night," "Best Foot Forward," "Arsenic and Old Lace," "Johnny on a Spot," "Sweet Charity," "You'll See Stars," "Without Love," "Long Day's Journey into Night," "Bells Are Ringing," "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "The Mousetrap," "Dinner at Eight," "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "Man of La Mancha," "The Best Man," "Company," "Sly Fox," "Applause," "Zero Hour," "Sunday in the Park with George," "Into the Woods," "Crazy for You," "Angels in America," "Sunset Boulevard," and "Lost in Yonkers". During his career, he was an honorary member of Actors Equity, was supportive of the New York State Democratic Committee, had been an active parishioner of the Catholic church, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, was a theatrical instructor for the Neighborhood Playhouse, and he was married to film and television actress Ellen Albertini Dow from 1951 until his death (their union produced no children). Upon his retirement from acting in the late 1990s, he spent the final years of his life dividing time between his homes in California and Pennsylvania, and was focused on various charitable and religious causes, until his death from the complications of advanced age.