- Classical and musical stage actor for almost four decades, best known with audiences for his marvelous baritone singing roles but well regarded as a Shakespearean performer.
- A seasoned player with the Williamstown Theatre Festival, he once played Mr. Webb in a 1959 production of "Our Town" that featured Thornton Wilder himself as the Stage Manager.
- Both of his parents were educators--his father, Raymond, was principal of New Paltz High School, where his mother, Harriet Belcher Cunningham. was a teacher.
- He has 3 children--Christopher Duke, Catherine Stevens, Laura Jane.
- Twice played the part of Matt Damon's father: Mystic Pizza (1988) and School Ties (1992).
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