Vince Edwards(1928-1996)
- Actor
- Director
- Writer
Born in Brooklyn, the son of Italian immigrant parents, Vince Edwards
early aspired to the theater. He was a swimming champion in high
school, attended Ohio State University on an athletic scholarship, and
was on their National Championship swimming team. Olympics were on the
horizon, but an appendicitis operation cut short his swimming career.
He studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and then became a
contract actor at Paramount Pictures in the early 1950s. In the 1960s
he reached his popular peak as the brilliant but confrontational young
Dr. Casey in the television series
Ben Casey (1961)
