In the 1950s he became a member of Roger Corman's unofficial stock
company. Like other members of the group, he would do a variety of jobs in addition to acting.
Despite playing Harry S. Truman in a one-man touring production of "Give 'Em Hell, Harry", he was a Republican.
He and Barbara Parkins were the only two actors who appeared in the first episode of Peyton Place (1964) in 1964 and the final episode in 1969. They were the only stars who received screen credit for every episode (although not necessarily appearing in every episode) during the series' five-year run.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers" (McFarland & Co., 1994).