| Had featured role as John Davidson's employer on the NBC sitcom "The Girl With Something Extra" |
| Portrayed retired judge Jonathan Dexter on the CBS sitcom "Phyllis", starring Cloris Leachman |
| Starred in the ABC drama series "Channing" |
1935 | Began acting career under Jasper Deeter at the famed Hedgerow Theatre in Moylan, Pennsylvania |
1938 | Broadway acting debut as Reynaldo and the second gravedigger in "Hamlet", starring Maurice Evans |
1939 | Had featured role in "The Time of Your Life" on Broadway |
1942 | Appeared in the stage show "This Is the Army" |
1942 | Served as a private in the US Army |
1943 | Film debut, "This Is the Army" |
1946 | Early TV credit as guest performer on "Light's Out", an NBC live series of mysteries and tales of the supernatural |
1946 | Portrayed the Dauphin opposite Ingrid Berman's "Joan of Lorraine" on Broadway |
1951 | Returned to features in "Lady Says No" |
1954 | Portrayed the suspicious handyman Leroy in "The Bad Seed" on Broadway |
1956 | Reprised role in film version of "The Bad Seed" |
1958 | Offered memorable turn as the coroner in Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" |
1958 | Returned to Broadway to portray aide Louis Howe in the biographical play "Sunrise at Campobello"; received Tony Award |
1960 | Final Broadway appearance in "Advise and Consent" |
1969 | Portrayed the bicycle salesman in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" |
1977 | Returned to the stage in an L.A. production of "Comedians" |
1984 | Appeared opposite Virginia Mayo in a Los Angeles production of "Dear Jennie" |
1990 | Made last film appearances in small roles in "The Grifters", "Dick Tracy", "Enid Is Sleeping" and "Aracnophobia" |
1995 | Last screen appearance in the Joe Dante-directed segment "Lightning" of the Showtime anthology "Picture Windows" |
