Overview
Mini Biography:
He was a Chicago-based stage actor by the time he began his film career...
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Trivia:
Attended Northwestern University on a four year Edgar Bergen acting fellowship.
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Filmography
- "Murder, She Wrote" .... Clarence La Rue (1 episode, 1990)
- A Body to Die For (1990) TV episode .... Clarence La Rue
- Rachel River (1987) .... Jack Canon
- One Police Plaza (1986) (TV) .... Whitney Zangline
- North Beach and Rawhide (1985) (TV) .... Bill Cassidy
- Commando (1985) .... Major General Franklin Kirby
- "Matt Houston" .... Calib Martin (1 episode, 1984)
- Vanished (1984) TV episode .... Calib Martin - The Parade (1984) (TV) .... Andy Janacek
... aka Hit Parade - Cave-In! (1983) (TV) .... Tom Arlen
- Amityville II: The Possession (1982) .... Father Adamsky
- Ragtime (1981) .... Father
... aka Love and Glory (Philippines: English title) - The Silent Lovers (1980) (TV) .... Victor Seastrom
... aka Moviola: The Silent Lovers (USA)
- "Hawaii Five-O" .... Bernard Brown / ... (5 episodes, 1972-1979)
... aka "McGarrett" (USA: rerun title)
- Labyrinth (1979) TV episode .... Dr. Kenneth Ames
- A Distant Thunder (1978) TV episode .... Wendell Stoner
- Honor Is an Unmarked Grave (1975) TV episode .... Travis Marshall
- A Hawaiian Nightmare (1974) TV episode .... Bernard Brown
- Bait Once, Bait Twice (1972) TV episode .... Mariss - "Little House on the Prairie" .... Reverend Jacob Danforth (1 episode, 1979)
... aka "Little House: A New Beginning" (USA: last season title)
- The Faith Healer (1979) TV episode .... Reverend Jacob Danforth - "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo" .... Paul Vane (2 episodes, 1979)
... aka "Lobo" (USA: new title)
- Run for the Money: Part 3 (1979) TV episode .... Paul Vane
- Run for the Money: Part 2 (1979) TV episode .... Paul Vane - "B.J. and the Bear" .... Paul Vane (1 episode, 1979)
- Run for the Money (1979) TV episode .... Paul Vane - The Mafu Cage (1978) .... David
... aka Deviation
... aka Don't Ring the Doorbell (USA: reissue title)
... aka My Sister, My Love
... aka The Cage - "Project U.F.O." .... Dr. Ted Sanders (1 episode, 1978)
... aka "Project Blue Book" (USA)
- Sighting 4020: The Island Incident (1978) TV episode .... Dr. Ted Sanders - "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" .... Polah (1 episode, 1978)
- Samson and Delilah (1978) TV episode .... Polah - "Battlestar Galactica" .... Thane (2 episodes, 1978)
- Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 2 (1978) TV episode .... Thane
- Gun on Ice Planet Zero: Part 1 (1978) TV episode .... Thane - "The Runaways" .... Burt Williams (1 episode, 1978)
... aka "Operation Runaway"
- No Prince for My Cinderella (1978) TV episode .... Burt Williams - "Lou Grant" .... Corwin (1 episode, 1978)
- Scandal (1978) TV episode .... Corwin - The Court-Martial of George Armstrong Custer (1977) (TV) .... Gen. George A. Custer
- "The Bionic Woman" .... Rod Kyler (2 episodes, 1977)
- Fembots in Las Vegas: Part 2 (1977) TV episode .... Rod Kyler
- Fembots in Las Vegas (1977) TV episode .... Rod Kyler - The Spell (1977) (TV) .... Glenn Matchett
- "Most Wanted" (1 episode, 1977)
- The Ritual Killer (1977) TV episode - "Wonder Woman" .... Wotan (1 episode, 1977)
... aka "The New Adventures of Wonder Woman" (USA: new title)
... aka "The New Original Wonder Woman" (USA: first episodes title)
- Last of the $2 Bills (1977) TV episode .... Wotan - "Police Woman" .... Curry (1 episode, 1976)
- Brain Wash (1976) TV episode .... Curry - "The Streets of San Francisco" .... Dr. Jonas Rabb / ... (3 episodes, 1972-1976)
- No Minor Vices (1976) TV episode
- Asylum (1975) TV episode .... Dr. Jonas Rabb
- The First Day of Forever (1972) TV episode .... Loren Graham - "Barnaby Jones" .... Randall Stone / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1976)
- Blood Vengeance (1976) TV episode .... Walter Cahill/Tom Brenner
- Catch Me If You Can (1973) TV episode .... Randall Stone - Law and Order (1976) (TV) .... Insp. Ed Shea
- "McMillan & Wife" .... Mr. Townsend / ... (2 episodes, 1973-1975)
... aka "McMillan" (USA: sixth season title)
- Secrets for Sale (1975) TV episode .... Mr. Townsend
- Freefall to Terror (1973) TV episode .... W.T. Knox - "Cannon" .... Judge Norman Killian (2 episodes, 1972-1975)
- The Wedding March (1975) TV episode .... Judge Norman Killian
- The Island Caper (1972) TV episode - "Maude" .... Sen. Bob Myers / ... (3 episodes, 1975)
- The Election (1975) TV episode .... Sen Bob Myers
- Maude's Big Decision (1975) TV episode .... Sen. Bob Myers
- Rumpus in the Rumpus Room (1975) TV episode .... Sen. Bob Myers - Strange New World (1975) (TV) .... Surgeon
- Man on the Outside (1975) (TV) .... Gerald Griffin
- "Griff" (1 episode, 1975)
- Man on the Outside (1975) TV episode - "Caribe" .... Matson (1 episode, 1975)
- One Second to Doom (1975) TV episode .... Matson - Someone I Touched (1975) (TV) .... Sam Hyatt
- The Family Nobody Wanted (1975) (TV) .... Carl Doss
- The Missiles of October (1974) (TV) .... McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant for National Security Affairs
- "Harry O" .... Capt. Pete Jaklin (1 episode, 1974)
- Material Witness (1974) TV episode .... Capt. Pete Jaklin - "Kung Fu" .... Damion (1 episode, 1974)
- The Garments of Rage (1974) TV episode .... Damion - "Mannix" .... Donald Jordan (2 episodes, 1969-1974)
- Game Plan (1974) TV episode
- The Odds Against Donald Jordan (1969) TV episode .... Donald Jordan - "Movin' On" .... Ben Simms (1 episode, 1974)
- Grit (1974) TV episode .... Ben Simms - The Sex Symbol (1974) (TV) .... Calvin Bernard
- "The New Land" (1 episode, 1974)
- The Word Is: Persistance (1974) TV episode - A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1974) (TV) .... McShane
- Manhunter (1974) (TV) .... Walt Hovis
- "Marcus Welby, M.D." .... Baxter (1 episode, 1974)
... aka "Robert Young, Family Doctor"
- Angela's Nightmare (1974) TV episode .... Baxter - "The F.B.I." .... Sheriff Bill Temple (3 episodes, 1970-1974)
- The Betrayal (1974) TV episode
- Escape to Terror (1970) TV episode
- Conspiracy of Corruption (1970) TV episode .... Sheriff Bill Temple - Legend in Granite (1973) (TV) .... Max McGee
- "Police Story" .... Walters (1 episode, 1973)
- Man on a Rack (1973) TV episode .... Walters - "The Rookies" .... Steve Wainz / ... (2 episodes, 1972-1973)
- A Matter of Justice (1973) TV episode .... Steve Wainz
- The Good Die Young (1972) TV episode .... Walter Bolton - "Ironside" .... David Wills / ... (2 episodes, 1971-1973)
... aka "The Raymond Burr Show" (USA: syndication title)
- Fragile Is the House of Cards (1973) TV episode .... David Wills
- Contract: Kill Ironside (1971) TV episode .... Marvin Bosner - Incident on a Dark Street (1973) (TV) .... Joe Dubbs
- "Jigsaw" (1 episode, 1972)
- To Stalk the Night (1972) TV episode - "Bonanza" .... Kelly Adams / ... (2 episodes, 1969-1972)
... aka "Ponderosa" (USA: rerun title)
- Ambush at Rio Lobo (1972) TV episode .... Vance Burnside
- Sweet Annie Laurie (1969) TV episode .... Kelly Adams - "Gunsmoke" .... Bede Stalcup (1 episode, 1972)
... aka "Gun Law" (UK)
... aka "Marshal Dillon" (USA: rerun title)
- The Fugitives (1972) TV episode .... Bede Stalcup - "Columbo" .... Paul Rifkin (1 episode, 1972)
- Étude in Black (1972) TV episode .... Paul Rifkin - The Groundstar Conspiracy (1972) .... Senator Stanton
- "McCloud" .... Alan Roberts / ... (1 episode, 1971)
- The Disposal Man (1971) TV episode .... Thomas Dane/Alan Roberts - "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" .... Cavan Searle (1 episode, 1971)
... aka "The Lawyers"
- The Letter of the Law (1971) TV episode .... Cavan Searle - Paper Man (1971) (TV) .... Art Fletcher
- Wild Rovers (1971) .... Joe Billings (banker)
- The Andromeda Strain (1971) .... Dr. Mark Hall
- "Insight" .... Dr. Blake (1 episode, 1971)
- The War of the Eggs (1971) TV episode .... Dr. Blake - "Medical Center" .... Dave Toland (1 episode, 1970)
- Accused (1970) TV episode .... Dave Toland - "San Francisco International Airport" .... Professor Theodore Tragis (1 episode, 1970)
... aka "SFX" (USA)
- Emergency Alert (1970) TV episode .... Professor Theodore Tragis - Crescendo (1970) .... Georges/Jacques
- Moon Zero Two (1969) .... Capt. William H. Kemp
- "The Virginian" .... Hosea McKinley (1 episode, 1969)
... aka "The Men from Shiloh" (USA: new title)
- The Land Dreamer (1969) TV episode .... Hosea McKinley - "Lancer" .... Alton Gannett (1 episode, 1969)
- Death Bait (1969) TV episode .... Alton Gannett - The Stalking Moon (1968) (uncredited) .... Cavalry Officer
- Rachel, Rachel (1968) .... Nick Kazlik
- An Enemy of the People (1966) (TV) .... Hovstad
... aka Arthur Miller's Adaptation of 'An Enemy of the People' (USA: complete title) - "Directions" (1 episode, 1966)
- The 11th Man (1966) TV episode - "NET Playhouse" .... Horstad (1 episode, 1966)
- An Enemy of the People (1966) TV episode .... Horstad - The Three Sisters (1966) .... Baron Tuzenbach
- "The Nurses" .... Edward Curtis (1 episode, 1965)
... aka "The Doctors and the Nurses" (USA: new title)
- Where There's Smoke (1965) TV episode .... Edward Curtis - "The Defenders" .... Dr. Frank Spencer / ... (2 episodes, 1962-1963)
- Conspiracy of Silence (1963) TV episode .... Dr. Frank Spencer
- Blood County (1962) TV episode .... Linus Hale - "Route 66" .... Thad School (1 episode, 1963)
- What a Shining Young Man Was Our Gallant Lieutenant (1963) TV episode .... Thad School - "Armstrong Circle Theatre" .... Allen Menkin / ... (2 episodes, 1961-1962)
- Smash Up (1962) TV episode .... Allen Menkin
- Moment of Panic (1961) TV episode .... Sgt. Harold Welby
- "Have Gun - Will Travel" .... Sheriff Owen Deaver (1 episode, 1958)
- The Five Books of Owen Deaver (1958) TV episode .... Sheriff Owen Deaver - "Harbourmaster" .... Charlie Potter (1 episode, 1957)
... aka "Adventure at Scott Island"
- Widow's Walk (1957) TV episode .... Charlie Potter - The Strange One (1957) .... Cadet Roger Gatt
... aka End as a Man - The Sharkfighters (1956) .... Ens. Harold Duncan
- "Kraft Television Theatre" (1 episode, 1956)
... aka "Kraft Mystery Theatre" (USA: new title)
... aka "Kraft Theatre" (USA: new title)
- The Life of Mickey Mantle (1956) TV episode
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