American character actor who specialized in none-too-bright pals of the lead, though his range included villains and ethnic types. A native of New York City, he began acting at 15. He studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse and played on Broadway with the Theatre Guild, and with the Provincetown Players. He came to Hollywood in the late Thirties and ...
He was a lifelong bachelor but for 40 years had an off-and-on relationship with actress Milicent Patrick until his death in 1980.
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The hearse containing his body was stolen on the way to the mortuary. Involved in a fender bender, the vehicle was stolen by carjackers while information was being exchanged by the occupants of the vehicles. The car and the body were found shortly after.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Tabitha
1977
TV Series
Abner Kravitz
Switch
1977
TV Series
Ludwig
Starsky and Hutch
1976
TV Series
'Ace'
Medical Center
1972-1976
TV Series
Shapiro / Kabakov
Insight
1973
TV Series
Unger
The Waltons
1972-1973
TV Series
Vernon Rutley
Junk Man Vernon Rutley
The Night Strangler
1973
TV Movie
Stacks / Jimmy Stackhaus (scenes deleted)
Bewitched
1964-1971
TV Series
Abner Kravitz
Mannix
1970
TV Series
Dalton
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1970
Captain on Flight Line at Hickam Field (uncredited)
The Phynx
1970
Markevitch
Love, American Style
1969
TV Series
Sam Ellsworth (segment "Love and the Bed")
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1967
TV Series
Harry Parkaginian
The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Mr. Fenimore
Nightmare in the Sun
1965
Gideon
Bullet for a Badman
1964
Diggs
Perry Mason
1964
TV Series
Sidney Falconer
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1964
TV Series
Barney Green
Glynis
1963
TV Series
Barney
A New Kind of Love
1963
Joe Bergner
The Real McCoys
1963
TV Series
Stanley
I'm Dickens, He's Fenster
1963
TV Series
Schroeder
Sam Benedict
1962
TV Series
Max Vesterhauzy
Playdate
1961
TV Series
Sam Shelley
The Untouchables
1961
TV Series
Mikhail 'Red Mike' Probich
Adventures in Paradise
1960-1961
TV Series
Trader Penrose / Penrose
One Happy Family
1961
TV Series
Mr. Kendall
77 Sunset Strip
1958-1960
TV Series
Gonzales / Pete Schrieber
The Rebel
1960
TV Series
Sheriff Boyd
The Deputy
1960
TV Series
Barney Wagner
Overland Trail
1960
TV Series
Hard Rock Sam Jackson
Tightrope
1960
TV Series
Marty Pandora
Laramie
1960
TV Series
Shanghai Pierce
Hudson's Bay
1959
TV Series
Pierre Falcon
The Loretta Young Show
1958
TV Series
Henry
Studio One in Hollywood
1958
TV Series
Corporal
Marjorie Morningstar
1958
Maxwell Greech
Climax!
1957
TV Series
Sergeant Levy
Telephone Time
1957
TV Series
Silk Stockings
1957
Vassili Markovitch
The Tattered Dress
1957
Billy Giles
Make Room for Daddy
1956
TV Series
Mike the Clown
Our Miss Brooks
1954-1955
TV Series
Man
The Seven Little Foys
1955
Barney Green
The Glenn Miller Story
1954
Si Schribman
Desert Pursuit
1952
Ghazili
Ten Tall Men
1951
Londos
The Magic Carpet
1951
Razi
The Mark of the Renegade
1951
Captain Bardoso
Rawhide
1951
Gratz
Southside 1-1000
1950
Reggie
Everybody Does It
1949
Rossi
The Set-Up
1949
Tiny
Adventures of Casanova
1948
Jacopo
My Wild Irish Rose
1947
Nick Popolis
The Judge Steps Out
1947
Mike
Sinbad, the Sailor
1947
Abbu
Gallant Bess
1946
Lug Johnson
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
Al Doyle
Her Kind of Man
1946
Joe Marino
Mildred Pierce
1945
Mr. Chris (uncredited)
Objective, Burma!
1945
Cpl. Gabby Gordon
Make Your Own Bed
1944
Boris Fenilise
Between Two Worlds
1944
Pete Musick
Passage to Marseille
1944
Petit
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
George Tobias
This Is the Army
1943
Maxie Twardofsky
Mission to Moscow
1943
Freddie
Air Force
1943
Asst. Crew Chief
My Sister Eileen
1942
Appopolous
Wings for the Eagle
1942
Jake Hanso
Juke Girl
1942
Nick Garcos
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
Dietz
Captains of the Clouds
1942
Blimp Lebec
The Tanks Are Coming
1941
Short
Malowski
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941
Peewee
Sergeant York
1941
'Pusher' Ross
Out of the Fog
1941
Igor Propotkin
Affectionately Yours
1941
Pasha
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
Nicholas Pappalas
South of Suez
1940
Eli Snedeker
East of the River
1940
Tony Scaduto
City for Conquest
1940
'Pinky'
Calling All Husbands
1940
Oscar Armstrong
The Baron and the Rose
1940
Short
Henry Stiegel
River's End
1940
Andrew (Andy) Dijon
They Drive by Night
1940
George Rondolos
The Man Who Talked Too Much
1940
Slug 'Canvasback' McNutt
Torrid Zone
1940
Rosario
Saturday's Children
1940
Herbert Smith
Music in My Heart
1940
Sascha
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939
Beggar
Balalaika
1939
Slaski (bartender)
The Roaring Twenties
1939
Soldier in American Army Baracks (uncredited)
Ninotchka
1939
Russian Visa Official (uncredited)
They All Come Out
1939
'Sloppy Joe'
Maisie
1939
Rico
Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939
Dock Worker (uncredited)
The Lunatic
1927
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Bewitched
1964-1965
TV Series performer - 2 episodes
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
"The Dreamer" 1943, uncredited / performer: "Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair" 1854
This Is the Army
1943
performer: "Poor Little Me, I'm on KP", "Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning"
Air Force
1943
performer: "It Don't Mean a Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" 1923 - uncredited
Calling All Husbands
1940
performer: "Tip-Toe thru' the Tulips with Me" 1929 - uncredited
Music in My Heart
1940
performer: "Otchi Tchornya Dark Eyes" - uncredited