2005 | Cast opposite Jenny McCarthy in John Mallory Asher's "Dirty Love" |
2001 | Had a co-starring role in the romantic comedy "A Woman's A Helluva Thing" ; screened at Seattle Film Festival |
2001 | Featured in the sports drama feature "Madison" (filmed in 1999); screened at Sundance; released theatrically in 2002 |
1999 | Played Julia Roberts' hard-drinking widowed father in the romantic comedy "Runaway Bride" |
1999 | Had a recurring guest role as Judge Swackheim on "The Practice" (ABC); was nominated for an Emmy for his performance |
1997 | Played a priest in "Telling Lies in America"; featured in the independents "Clockwatchers" and "Loved" |
1997 | Starred as Coach Buck in the ABC "Wonderful World of Disney" presentation "Angels in the Endzone" |
1995 | Featured in Steven Soderburgh's "The Underneath" |
| Acted on the syndicated series "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" |
| Had recurring role as the self-involved refinery boss on the ABC sitcom "Grace Under Fire" |
1994 | Appeared in episodes of the drama series "Chicago Hope" (CBS), "Sisters" (NBC) and "My So-Called Life" (ABC) |
1994 | Played Herb Tolliver in the PBS miniseries "Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City" |
| Had recurring role on the ABC sitcom "Grace Under Fire" |
1993 | Had supporting roles in the silly comedy "My Boyfriend's Back" and the gothic drama "A Dangerous Woman" |
1993 | Had an Emmy-nominated guest turn on the HBO sitcom "Dream On", playing the gay father of the series protagonist |
1992 | Acted in the comedy TV series "The Ben Stiller Show" (Fox) |
1991 | Played Hal Roach in the TV-movie dramatization "White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd" (NBC) |
1991 | Made guest appearances on episodes of "Evening Shade" (CBS), "Coach" and "The Wonder Years" (both ABC) |
1990 | Featured in the TNT biopic "The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson" |
1990 | Had a recurring role on "thirtysomething" (ABC) |
1989 | Played the father of a young woman fighting for justice after an acquaintance raped her in the CBS TV-movie "When He's Not a Stranger" |
| Made TV series regular debut as a reluctant retiree on the CBS sitcom "Coming of Age" |
| Had a recurring role as a neighbor on the NBC sitcom "ALF" |
1987 | Acted in Altman's "O.C. and Stiggs" |
1986 | Featured in the John Cassavetes comedy "Big Trouble" |
1985 | Guest starred on the ABC drama "Spenser: For Hire" |
1984 | Played Molly Ringwald's father in the John Hughes comedy "Sixteen Candles" |
1983 | Acted in Steinberg's spoof "Going Berserk" |
1983 | Co-starred in "Strange Brew", the film starring and directed by SCTV's McKenzie brothers, Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis |
1983 | Acted in the "Faerie Tale Theatre" production of "Hansel and Gretel" (Showtime) |
1981 | Featured in David Steinberg's directorial debut "Paternity" |
1981 | Made TV-movie debut in "Momma the Detective" (NBC) |
| Starred in the one-man Off-Broadway production "The Amazing Casey Stengel" at the American Place Theatre |
1980 | Co-wrote screenplay and acted in Altman's "Health" |
1980 | Reteamed with Altman, playing Wimpy in "Popeye" |
1979 | Starred in Altman's "A Perfect Couple" |
1979 | Played the grumpy father of Dennis Christopher in "Breaking Away" |
1977 | Featured in the comedy "Slap Shot" |
1974 | Had early film roles in "The Gravy Train" and "Death Wish" |
1971 | Co-created and co-wrote the acclaimed children's TV show "The Electric Company" (PBS) |
1970 | Acted in Arthur Hiller's "The Out-of-Towners" |
1968 | Appeared on "The Dom DeLuise Show" (CBS) |
1968 | Screen acting debut in "What's So Bad About Feeling Good?" |
| Had early TV role in "Get Smart" (NBC, CBS) |
1965 | Spotted by Mike Nichols, who cast him as a poker player in "The Odd Couple"; subsequently replaced Art Carney as Felix opposite Walter Matthau's Oscar |
| Joined (and remains a charter member of) New York comedy troupe Second City |
| Appeared in the Off-Broadway production of "The Threepenny Opera" |
1951 | Began acting career |
1946 | Served in the United States Navy |
