 He began his acting career shortly after, and was signed by Universal as a contract actor in the 1960s.He was regularly cast in professional, "solid citizen" occupational roles, such as a lawyer or a police commander, guesting on numerous series such as "Hawaii Five-O", "Rockford Files", "Mannix", "The Feather and Father Gang", "The Eddie Capra Mysteries", "Matlock", "Jake and the Fatman", "Diagnosis Murder," "Dragnet", "It Takes a Thief", and "Adam-12", and in television movies including "Welcome Home, Johnny Bristol" (1972), "The Alpha Caper" (1973) and "The Dead Don't Die" (1975).He appeared in such feature films as "Uptight" (1968), "If He Hollers, Let Him Go!"