Actor. Best remembered for his incurring portrayal as the staunch Captain Arturo Toledano in the television series "Zorro." Born James H. Adams II, after attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the UCLA, he began his career as a bit player beginning with "Turnabout" (1940). After being discovered by Academy Award winning actress Claudette Colbert, she arranged for him to appear as a leading man in motion pictures having been so impressed by his dark good looks, masculine appearance, charm, and professionalism. After being christened Peter Adams per Colbert, he went on to succeed as a character actor in film and television appearing in over 80 features in a successful 11-year career; often typecast as husbands, fathers, educators, doctors, lawyers, adventurers, philanthropists, politicians, scientists, heroes, dashing lovers, playboys, detectives, reporters, aristocrats, sheriffs, cowboys, and businessmen. He appeared in such motion pictures as "Angels in the Outfield" (1951), "Pat and Mike" (1952), "Racket Squad" (1952), "Ruby Gentry" (1952), "The War of the Worlds" (1953), "Donovan's Brain" (1953), "Easy to Love" (1953), "Her Twelve Men" (1954), "Brigadoon" (1954), "The Scarlet Coat" (1955), "Flame of the Islands" (1955), "The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell" (1955), "Ransom!" (1956), "Silent Fear" (1956), "Jailhouse Rock" (1957), "Bullwhip" (1958), "The Big Fisherman" (1959), "Midnight Lace" (1960),"Lord Love a Duck" (1966) and "Funny Girl" (1968). With the advent of television, he flourished as household name appearing in various guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Dragnet," "Fireside Theater," "My Friend Irma," "Waterfront," "Public Defender," "The Loretta Young Show," "Passport to Danger," "Cavalcade of America," "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," "Lux Video Theater," "I Led 3 Lives," "Navy Log," "The Millionaire," "Whirlybirds," "Telephone Time," "The Gale Storm Show," "Matinee Theater," "Schlitz Playhouse," "Code 3," "The Lineup," "Casey Jones," "The Thin Man," "The Gray Ghost," "The Magical World of Disney," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Donna Reed Show," "M Squad," "Mike Hammer," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Peter Gunn," "Coronado 9," "Goodyear Theater," "Shotgun Slade," "Men into Space," "Johnny Midnight," "The Ann Sothern Show," "Grand Jury," "Gunslinger," "Rawhide," "Perry Mason," "Mister Ed," "Karen," "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea," "Custer," and "Family Affair." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, supported the California State Republican Committee, served in the United States Army during World War II, served as president of the California Epilepsy Society, was a frequent narrator for the Braille Institute's Reading for the Blind Program, was a chairman for his local charters of The American Red Cross and St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital, and he was a successful real estate developer. After withdrawing from acting in 1969, he spent the final years of his life devoted to religious and charitable causes, was a a benefactor for several schools and hospitals, and focused on his marriage to stockbroker Mary Naomi Seitz from 1943 until his death (their union produced three children).