Career
He began his career in 1941 in radio and lent his voice to hundreds of dramas over the next two decades. He went on to star in television, having many guest and character roles over the next half century, such as playing the sheriff in the Star Trek episode, "Spectre of the Gun". He also made four appearances on Perry Mason as Judge Edward Simpson.
He died on January 23, 1997 of pneumonia at the age of 81.