Biografie

Has been nominated three times for Broadway's Tony Award: as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic), in 1968 for Tom Stoppard's "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead;" and as Best Actor (Featured Role - Play), in 1997 for a revival of Lillian Hellman's "The Little Foxes" and in 2002 for a revival of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible."

Was considered for the role of Roper in director Fred Zinnemann's film of Ein Mann zu jeder Jahreszeit (1966).

He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Director of a Play for "The Cherry Orchard" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "The Philanthropist" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for a 1976 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Supporting Role in Play for his role in "The Devil's Disciple" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.