Was a Hollywood history buff, in his down time on set he made it a practice to talk to elder studio staff.
He also archived his own career with a mind to the future.
In one of his first jobs, he provided audience laughs on the early
sitcom Mister Peepers (1952). He was paid ten dollars a show for his abilities to
lead a studio audience in laughter.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War.
He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village in New York City.
Was known as a dependable on time actor, who also had a quick mind for script changes, as witnessed on My Living Doll (1964) when he punched up many of the scripts on set.