- He was the first person to play "James Bond" in a visual sense (others have played him on radio); he appeared as "Card Sense Jimmy Bond" in an American TV adaptation of "Casino Royale" on the TV series Climax! (1954).
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1978 Tony Award as Best Actor (Musical) for "The Act."
- Is buried in the Greenwood Cemetery in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
- Graduate of the University of California at Berkeley in 1941.
- He and second wife Nansi maintained homes both in New York and France.
- Was a lifelong Republican and conservative.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Actors Branch).
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