* 16.11.1922, New York, NY - † 15.5.1994, New York, NY

Opleiding: NYU

Tall, brawny supporting player of Hollywood films, mainly of the action variety,
often in bad-guy roles. Seen in numerous productions from 1950

Filmografie
1950   Under the Gun  .... Sam Nugent, trustee-gunner
1951   Undercover Girl .... The Moocher   
1951   Flame of Araby .... Basra    
1951   The Red Badge of Courage .... The Tattered Man
1952   Bend of the River .... Long Tom    
1952   Carrie  (uncredited) .... Captain    
1954   Johnny Guitar  .... Corey    
1955   The Far Country.... Luke (Dawson miner) 
1955   The Trouble with Harry.... Deputy Sheriff Calvin Wiggs  
1956   Moby Dick.... 'Elijah'  1956   Santiago  .... Lobo  
1956   Tension at Table Rok  .... Harry Jameson
1956   Tribute to a Bad Man  .... Abe      
1957   All Mine to Give  .... Howard Tyler 
1957   Crime of Passion .... Police Capt. Charlie Alidos   
1957   Man in the Shadow  .... Aiken Clay
1957   Trooper Hook .... Mr. Trude, Stage Driver 
1958   Handle with Care  .... Al Lees       
1958   Man of the West  .... Trout
1958   Saddle the Wind  .... Clay Ellison, Owner of Strip
1959   Face of Fire  .... Jake Winter        
1959   Hound-Dog Man  .... Fiddling Tom Waller  
1959   Never Steal Anything Small  .... Words Cannon   
1959   These Thousand Hills  .... Carmichael      
1960   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  .... Harlan, Sheriff 
1960   Cimarron  .... Ike Howes (photographer)  
1961   King of Kings .... Peter       
1961   Posse from Hell  .... Uncle Billy
1963   Savage Sam  (uncredited) .... Pack Underwood  
1964   7 Faces of Dr. Lao .... Carey        
1966   Gunpoint  .... Ode   
1967   The Last Challenge  .... Pretty Horse       
1967   Welcome to Hard Times  .... John Bear    
1968   Day of the Evil Gun  .... Dr. Eli Prather     
1968   If He Hollers, Let Him Go!  .... Carl Blair    
1969   Backtrack!  .... Faraway    
1969   Death of a Gunfighter  .... Arch Brandt
1969   The Undefeated  .... Maj. Sanders, CSA (one-armed major)     
1970   Run, Simon, Run  .... Sheriff Tacksberry   
1971   Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns  .... Zach       
1971   Skin Game  .... John Brown (abolitionist)  
1972   Chandler (scenes deleted) .... Sal Sachese        
1972   The Culpepper Cattle Co.  .... Cattle Rustler
1972   The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid  .... Gustavson      
1972   Howzer  .... Nick Murack    
1973   Ace Eli and Rodger of the Skies  .... Jake 
1973   Cahill U.S. Marshal .... MacDonald, Hermit selling Cahill the mule
1973   Electra Glide in Blue  .... Coroner   
1974   Big Bad Mama .... Reverend Johnson       
1975   Huckleberry Finn  .... Mark Twain  
1975   MESSIAH OF EVIL/Dead People  .... Joseph Long 
1975   The Wild Party  .... Tex     
1976   Drum  .... Zeke Montgomery
1976   The Killer Inside Me  .... Father     
1976   The Outlaw Josey Wales  .... Ten Spot    
1977   Bad Georgia Road  .... Arthur Pennyrich   
1978   Hughes and Harlow: Angels in Hell  .... Will Hays
1978   The One Man Jury  .... Bartender  
1979   Strangers: The Story of a Mother and Daughter .... Mr. Willis   
1980   In Search of Historic Jesus  .... Prophet   
1981   Take This Job and Shove It  .... Beeber   
1983   Hammett  .... Pops  
1983   Murder One, Dancer 0  .... Cow John       
1983   The Right Stuff  .... Minister         
1983   Something Wicked This Way Comes  .... Tom Fury
1983   Will There Really Be a Morning?  .... Ernest Farmer        
1984   Teachers .... Ditto Stiles    
1986   Red Headed Stranger .... Larn Claver       
1987   House II: The Second Story  .... Gramps  
1988   Ghoulies II  .... Uncle Ned
1988   Killer Klowns from Outer Space  .... Farmer Gene Green  
1988   Once Upon a Texas Train  .... Nitro Jones
1989   Cocaine Wars  .... Bailey    
1990   Spaced Invaders  .... Wrenchmuller         
1991   Joey Takes a Cab      
1993   The Dark Half  .... Digger Holt