Among his films were: "Silent Fear" (1954) as Dr. Vernon, his film debut; "Reprisal" (1956) as Luther Creel; "The Steel Jungle" (1956); "Blood of Dracula" (1957) as Lt. Dunlap; "I Was A Teenage Werewolf" (1957) with Michael Landon, as Charles Rivers; "Seven Days in May" (1964) as White House Physician; "No Time for Sergeants" (1958); "North by Northwest" (1959) as the man waiting for a bus on the prairie just before the crop-dusting plane attacks Cary Grant; "Rio Bravo" (1959) as Jake; "Summer and Smoke" (1961) as Rev. Winemiller; "The Birds" (1963) as Al Malone; Advise and Consent" (1962) as Sen. Tom August; "Hawaii" (1966) as Gideon Hale; "The Learning Tree" (1969) as Silas Newhall and "Emperor of the North" (1973) as Hogger, his last film. He appeared on numerous TV series including: "Gunsmoke"; "Twilight Zone"; "Perry Mason" and "The Bob Newhart Show." He was a regular on both "Apple's Way" (1974-75) as Grandfather Aldon and "Thicker than Water" (1973) as Jonas Paine. He died on August 23, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California at age 85 of natural causes.