Portrayed an idealistic teacher on TV's Mr. Novak.
He graduated from Yale University with a Bachelors in both English and theater arts.
He acted on The Naked City and The Investigators.
He married Kathleen Wellman in 1960, and together they had four children.
He was a famous Missouri-born TV actor, while John Goodman is also from Missouri, and is a well-known movie actor.
