Wissenswertes

Graduated from the University of Kansas in 1962 with a degree in industrial engineering.

Attended the University of Kansas on football and dramatic scholarships.

Best remembered for his role as Bernie Lomax in the "Weekend at Bernie's" films.

Trained at the Actors Studio in New York City.

As of October 2003 was living in Ouray, CO, with his wife and daughter.

Becomes creative director of the Actors Arena, a seminar workshop studio in Austin, Texas. (2013)

Co-founded the Actors Arena with Joy Leigh in 2013 and became its creative director.

He was considered by Steven Spielberg for the role of Don Diego De La Vega in "The Mask of Zorro (1998)", but was never offered the role.