About
Accomplished stage actor who played the recurring role of Sheriff Mort Metzger on the TV series Murder, She Wrote, and was a major commercial actor. In 1968, he played Paul in the movie Ice Station Zebra. He amassed over 120 on-screen acting credits throughout his long and prolific career.
Before Fame
He made his TV debut in a 1960 episode of the hit show The Twilight Zone.
Trivia
He was nicknamed The King of Commercials for his voice-over work in the 1980s and early 1990s, including a voice-over for a Vlasic pickles ad. In 1982, he directed a documentary called Ya Gotta Believe.
Family Life
He married Kay Knebes in 1961 and they had six children together.
Associated With
He guest starred in an episode of Magnum, P.I., starring Tom Selleck.
