Trivia

Served in the Pacific Theater with the US Navy during World War II.

In the early 1950s he was a weather forecaster on KCEN-TV Channel 6 in Waco, Temple and Killeen, TX.

Best remembered by the public for his role as the low-key but authoritative Sgt. William MacDonald on the police drama Adam-12 (1968).

Started acting on radio after winning a high school Shakespearean competition.

Born in Akron, OH, he was raised in Waco, TX, before his family moved to Los Angeles in the early 1940s.

Died of complications from pneumonia and kidney failure at Holy Cross Hospital in Mission Hills, Los Angeles, CA. on 12/29/2004, five days short of his 78th birthday.

Attended and graduated from the University of Southern California.

After university and service in the military, he was in various stage productions in New York City and Los Angeles before he started working in television and movies.

Had two children with his wife Joan Reynolds: Suzanne Boyett and Keven Boyett, and two granddaughters.