An original member of the Directors Guild of America's first Creative Rights Committee.
Began his career at NBC New York after graduating from the University of North Carolina.
Former member of the New York Actor's Studio and subsequently an active member of Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.
His son Darrell weighed 8 1/2 lbs at birth as per the announcement in the "Milestones" column of the Time magazine issue dated April 11th 1955...that's identical to the weight of an Academy Award.