Portrayed Sheriff Elroy S. Lobo in two TV series.
He pledged into the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at Northwestern University.
From here to Eternity was his first film in 1953, and in 1954 he played a seaman in The Caine Mutiny.
He married Therese Fairfield in 1952, and the couple had three children.
He used to work with John Wayne in Rio Bravo.