- Portrayed Presidents Herbert Hoover and Chester A. Arthur.
- Was nominated for Broadway's 1964 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "A Case of Libel."
- Made his Broadway debut as the befuddled Sydney Redlitch in "Bell Book and Candle".
- Received the 1985 Daytime Emmy Award as Outstanding Supporting Actor for his role as H. B. Lewis on "Guiding Light".
- He appeared in four films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), The Sand Pebbles (1966), In the Heat of the Night (1967) and Airport (1970). Of those, In the Heat of the Night (1967) is a winner in the category.
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