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He was awarded the 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Cameo Performance for his role in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Arlington Park Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

He was nominated for a 1973 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Actor in a Principal Role for his performance in "The Lion in Winter" at the Country Club Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Joined Universal Studios as a cost estimator and quickly moved up to heading production facility management, and then to overseeing the Properties Division. Retired in 1997 and moved to Williston, North Dakota.

In 1975, he and the family relocated to Los Angeles. In his 12 years there, he worked as an actor and also designed and built scenery for movies and television shows.

In 1961 he began a career in show business as an actor, director and scenic designer in Chicago-area community theaters. With two friends, he helped found the Old Orchard Country Club Theatre and, over the next decade, produced, directed, acted in and/or designed and built sets for more than 70 shows.