An American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions.

Filmography

• 2019The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration — Charlie (archive footage)
• 1970The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County — Reverend Marshall
• 1970The Sixth Column — Will
• 1970There Was a Crooked Man... — Member of Town Council
• 1969Hook, Line and Sinker — Funeral Director (uncredited)
• Adam-12 — Driver
• 1968Blackbeard's Ghost — Mr. Harrison
• The Mod Squad — Arthur Quinn
• Captain Nice — Mr. Nash
• 1967The Gnome-Mobile — Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• The Guns of Will Sonnett — Storekeeper
• 1967The Spirit Is Willing — Drug Store Owner
• Felony Squad
• Love on a Rooftop
• The Monkees — Groot
• 1966The Swinger — Court Clerk (uncredited)
• The Time Tunnel — Saloon Proprietor Williams
• Get Smart — Bush
• Green Acres — Mr. Melvin
• Honey West — Arthur Bird
• Laredo
• 1965Marriage on the Rocks — Mr. Bruno (uncredited)
• My Mother the Car
• 1964Guns of Diablo — Bit Part
• The Addams Family — Mr. Belmont
• Burke's Law — Howard, Beldon
• Petticoat Junction — Wendell Gibbs, Mr. Guerney
• 1963Son of Flubber — Proprietor (uncredited)
• The Fugitive — Colby - Hotel Desk Clerk
• The Patty Duke Show
• 1963Who's Minding the Store? — Sale Department Manager (uncredited)
• 1962Ride the High Country — Abner Samson (uncredited)
• The Beverly Hillbillies — Leroy Lester
• The Lucy Show — Fred Dunbar, Mr. Trindle
• 87th Precinct — Frank
• 1961Devil's Partner — Papers
• Hazel — Larry, Willie Gaffney, Mr. Zimmerman
• 1961Pocketful of Miracles — Lloyd (uncredited)
• Full Circle — Carter Talton
• 1960Ma Barker's Killer Brood — Dr. Guelffe
• 1960Moochie of Pop Warner Football — School Principal
• Pete and Gladys
• The Andy Griffith Show — Fred, Harry Bosworth, Clerk
• 1960The Slowest Gun in the West — The Clerk
• 1960Twelve Hours to Kill — Selby Gardner
• Bonanza — Parson, Justin Flannery, Taylor
• Dennis the Menace
• Hawaiian Eye
• 1959High School Big Shot — Mr. Mathews
• 1959King of the Wild Stallions — A.B. Orcutt
• One Step Beyond — Judge
• Rawhide — Farmer
• 1959The Rebel Set — Train Conductor
• The Twilight Zone — Charlie
• The Untouchables — Julius Imbry
• Tightrope — Bell
• 77 Sunset Strip
• 1958Going Steady — George Potter
• Lawman — Harry Dorn
• 1958Man from God's Country — Will Potter (uncredited)
• 1958Terror in a Texas Town — The Minister
• 1958The Long, Hot Summer — Harris (uncredited)
• Wanted: Dead or Alive — Reverend
• Alcoa Theatre — Elkins
• 1957Curfew Breakers — School Principal
• 1957Dino — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
• 1957Gun Battle at Monterey — Carson
• Have Gun, Will Travel — Undertaker
• Maverick — Hotel Clerk
• Perry Mason — Leverett Thomas - Pop, Airport Clerk
• Richard Diamond, Private Detective — Mr. Legett
• 1957Sierra Stranger — Claim Clerk Kelso
• 1957The Buckskin Lady — Latham
• 1957The Iron Sheriff — Jed
• 1957The Phantom Stagecoach — Mr. Fenshaw (uncredited)
• 1957The River's Edge — Floyd Barry (as Byron K. Foulger)
• 1957The Young Stranger — Mr. Doyle (uncredited)
• 1957Up In Smoke — Satan
• Wagon Train — Jervis Clinton, Hibbs, Humphrey Pumphret, George Duskin
• Telephone Time
• 1956The Desperados Are in Town — Jim Day
• 1956Thunder Over Arizona — Undertaker
• 1956You Can't Run Away from It — Billings, Andrews' Secretary
• 1955At Gunpoint — Larry, Bank Teller
• Gunsmoke — Dooley, Ollie
• Jungle Jim
• 1955Phantom Trails — Henry Hooper
• The Millionaire — Bank Manager Morrow
• 1955The Scarlet Coat — Man with Delivery for Mr. Moody (uncredited)
• 1955The Spoilers — Montrose
• 1954Cattle Queen of Montana — Land Office Clerk
• Climax! — Man in Theatre, Mr. Montrose, Frank Steel
• December Bride
• Lassie
• 1954Silver Lode — Prescott (uncredited)
• 1954The Rocket Man — Card Player Wearing Glasses (uncredited)
• The Whistler
• The Wonderful World of Disney — Proprietor (archive footage) (uncredited), School Principal, Henry Peterson
• 1954Trouble on the Trail — (archive footage)
• 1953A Perilous Journey — Martin, Desk Clerk
• 1953Bandits of the West — Eric Strikler
• 1953Confidentially Connie — Prof. Rosenberg (uncredited)
• 1953Cruisin' Down the River — Ben Fisher (uncredited)
• 1953Gun Belt — The Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1953I Was a Burlesque Queen — Book Shop Owner
• Letter to Loretta — Andy
• 1953Paris Model — Ernest Boggs
• 1953Run for the Hills — Mr. Simpson
• 1953The Flaming Urge — A. Horace Pender
• 1953The Magnetic Monster — Mr. Simon
• 1953The Moonlighter — Mr. Gurley
• Adventures of Superman — Jeff Reagan (uncredited)
• 1952Apache Country — Secretary Bartlett (uncredited)
• 1952Cripple Creek — Hawkins (uncredited)
• 1952Ellis in Freedomland — Watchman
• Four Star Playhouse — Bank Manager (uncredited), Slattery, Clerk
• 1952Hold That Line — Mathematics Professor Grog (uncredited)
• Hopalong Cassidy
• 1952Mutiny — Chairman Parson's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1952My Six Convicts — Dr. Brint, Dentist
• Omnibus — Horatio
• 1952Rose of Cimarron — Coroner
• 1952Skirts Ahoy! — Tearoom Manager (uncredited)
• Terry and the Pirates
• The Abbott and Costello Show — Dr. Bluzak
• The Ford Television Theatre — Repair Man
• 1952The Sniper — Peter Eureka
• 1952The Star
• 1952The Steel Fist — Professor Kardin
• 1952We're Not Married! — Marriage License Bureau Clerk (uncredited)
• 1951Best of the Badmen — Judge (uncredited)
• Boston Blackie — Charlie Carter
• 1951Disc Jockey — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1951FBI Girl — Morgue Clerk
• 1951Footlight Varieties — Dr. Twitchell
• 1951Gasoline Alley — Charles D. Haven
• 1951Hollywood Honeymoon
• 1951Home Town Story — Berny Miles
• I Love Lucy — Leader of Band
• 1951Lightning Strikes Twice — Hummel
• 1951Newlyweds Take a Chance — Dr. Edwards
• Racket Squad
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Mr. Teems, Erick Schwatzmeier, Superintendent
• 1951Superman and the Mole Men — Jeff Reagan (uncredited)
• The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok — Professor Gray, Troy Elder, Binkleman
• The Red Skelton Show — Member of Temperance League (uncredited), Dean
• 1951The Sea Hornet — Clerk
• 1950Blades of the Musketeers — Du Verge, De Treville's Aide
• 1950Champagne for Caesar — Gerald
• 1950Dark City — Motel Manager (uncredited)
• 1950Experiment Alcatraz — Jim Carlton, Realtor
• 1950Key to the City — Custodian (uncredited)
• Lux Video Theatre — Sam, Horace
• 1950Pal, Canine Detective
• 1950Riding High — Maitre d' (uncredited)
• 1950Salt Lake Raiders — Lawyer John Sutton
• The Cisco Kid — Claude Bobkins Jr., Harley
• The Gene Autry Show — Mr. Throckmorton
• 1950The Girl from San Lorenzo — Ross, station agent
• 1950The Return of Jesse James — Rufe Dakin
• 1950To Please a Lady — Shoe Fitter (uncredited)
• 1950Union Station — Horace - Baggage Clerk (uncredited)
• 1949Arson, Inc. — Thomas Peyson
• 1949Chinatown at Midnight — Greer Pharmacy Druggist
• 1949Dancing in the Dark — Stephen
• 1949He Walked by Night — Freddie (uncredited)
• 1949I Shot Jesse James — Silver King Room Clerk
• 1949Mighty Joe Young — Jones (uncredited)
• 1949Red Desert — Sparky Jackson
• 1949Samson and Delilah — (uncredited)
• 1949Satan's Cradle — Henry Lane,The Preacher
• 1949Streets of Laredo — Artist Who Draws Reming (uncredited)
• 1949The Dalton Gang — Amos Boling
• 1949The Inspector General — Burbis (uncredited)
• 1949They Live by Night — Lambert
• 1949Tucson — Elkins (uncredited)
• 1948A Southern Yankee — Mr. Duncan (scenes deleted)
• 1948Arch of Triumph — Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
• 1948Borrowed Trouble — Mike the Bartender (uncredited)
• 1948I Surrender Dear — George Rogers
• 1948Let's Live a Little — Hopkins
• 1948Out of the Storm — Al Weinstock
• 1948Relentless — Assayer (uncredited)
• 1948The Bride Goes Wild — Max (uncredited)
• 1948The Kissing Bandit — Grandee (uncredited)
• 1948The Return of October — Jonathan Grant
• 1948The Three Musketeers — Bonacieux (uncredited)
• 1948Trouble Preferred — O'Rourke (uncredited)
• 1947Bells of San Fernando — Francisco Garcia, Mission Blacksmith
• 1947Easy Come, Easy Go — Sporting Goods Shop Owner
• 1947Fun on a Weekend — Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
• 1947Hard Boiled Mahoney — Prof. Quizard
• 1947It's a Joke, Son! — Groceryman
• 1947Linda, Be Good — Bookshop Owner
• 1947Love and Learn — The Bridegroom (uncredited)
• 1947Michigan Kid — Mr. Porter
• 1947Second Chance — Emery (uncredited)
• 1947Song of Love — Bailiff (uncredited)
• 1947The Adventures of Don Coyote — Henry Felton
• 1947The Chinese Ring — Armstrong
• 1947The Long Night — Man with Bike (uncredited)
• 1947The Trouble with Women — Little Thin Man (uncredited)
• 1947They Won't Believe Me — Henry Bascombe (uncredited)
• 1947Too Many Winners — Ben Edwards / Claude Bates
• 1947Unconquered — Townsman (uncredited)
• 1946Blonde Alibi — Wilson (Uncredited)
• 1946Breakfast in Hollywood — Mr. Henderson (uncredited)
• 1946Courage of Lassie — Dr. Coleman (uncredited)
• 1946Deadline at Dawn — Night Attendant (uncredited)
• 1946Dick Tracy vs. Cueball — Simon Little, Sparkle's Diamond Cutter
• 1946House of Horrors — Mr. Samuels
• 1946Just Before Dawn — Harris, Makeup Man (uncredited)
• 1946Magnificent Doll — Politician (uncredited)
• 1946People Are Funny — Mr. Button (uncredited)
• 1946San Quentin — Dixon (uncredited)
• 1946Sentimental Journey — Mr. Tweedy (uncredited)
• 1946Suspense — Cab Driver at Lodge (uncredited)
• 1946The French Key — Peabody
• 1946The Hoodlum Saint — J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited)
• 1946The Mysterious Mr. M — Wetherby
• 1946The Plainsman and the Lady — Simmons
• 1946The Postman Always Rings Twice — Picnic Manager (uncredited)
• 1946The Secret of the Whistler — Jorgensen (uncredited)
• 1946The Show-Off — Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
• 1946Till the Clouds Roll By — Frohman's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1946Two Sisters from Boston — Recording Technician (uncredited)
• 1945Adventure — Littleton (uncredited)
• 1945Adventures of Kitty O'Day — Roberts
• 1945Arson Squad — Amos Baxter
• 1945Blonde from Brooklyn — Harvey (uncredited)
• 1945Brewster's Millions — Attorney Lyons (uncredited)
• 1945Circumstantial Evidence — Bolger
• 1945Cornered — Hotel Night Clerk (uncredited)
• 1945Don Juan Quilligan — Dr. Spenser, DDS (uncredited)
• 1945Follow That Woman — Orville (uncredited)
• 1945Grissly's Millions — Fred Palmor
• 1945It's in the Bag! — Mr. Teckler (uncredited)
• 1945Let's Go Steady — Waldemar Oates
• 1945Purity Squad — Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson
• 1945Scarlet Street — Jones - Apartment Manager (uncredited)
• 1945Sensation Hunters — Mark Rogers
• 1945Snafu — Phil Ford
• 1945The Cheaters — Process Server (uncredited)
• 1945The Hidden Eye — Burton Lorrison
• 1945The Lost Weekend — Shopkeeper (uncredited)
• 1945The Master Key — Prof. Elwood Henderson
• 1945Voice of the Whistler — Georgie (uncredited)
• 1945Week-End at the Waldorf — Joe (uncredited)
• 1945Wonder Man — Deli Customer (uncredited)
• 19443 Men in White — Technician (uncredited)
• 1944A Night of Adventure — Glove Expert (uncredited)
• 1944An American Romance — High School Principal (uncredited)
• 1944And Now Tomorrow — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1944Barbary Coast Gent — H.E. Holcomb - Assayer (uncredited)
• 1944Beautiful But Broke — Maxwell McKay
• 1944Casanova Brown — Fletcher (uncredited)
• 1944Dark Mountain — Harvey Bates
• 1944Ever Since Venus — Henley, the Druggist (uncredited)
• 1944Gambler's Choice — Phony Robbery Victim (uncredited)
• 1944Girl Rush — Oscar - Hotel Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1944Henry Aldrich's Little Secret — Bill Collector
• 1944Ladies of Washington — Desk Clerk (uncredited)
• 1944Lady in the Death House — Avery
• 1944Maisie Goes to Reno — Dr. Joe Carter (Uncredited)
• 1944Marriage Is a Private Affair — Ned Bolton
• 1944Ministry of Fear — Mr. Newby (uncredited)
• 1944Mrs. Parkington — Norman Vance (uncredited)
• 1944Music for Millions — Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
• 1944Music in Manhattan — Ticket Agent (uncredited)
• 1944Mystery of the Riverboat — Dr. Hartman [Ch. 1]
• 1944Once Upon a Time — Theatregoer (uncredited)
• 1944Roger Touhy, Gangster — Court Clerk (uncredited)
• 1944Stars on Parade — Mr. Barker (uncredited)
• 1944Summer Storm — Clerk in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
• 1944Swing in the Saddle — Sheriff Mort Tucker
• 1944Take It Big — Mr. Jones (uncredited)
• 1944The Great Moment — Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
• 1944The Miracle of Morgan's Creek — Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1944The Whistler — Flophouse Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
• 1944When Strangers Marry — Albert Foster (uncredited)
• 1943Appointment in Berlin — Herr Van Leyden (uncredited)
• 1943Coney Island — Church Organist
• 1943Dixie Dugan — Secretary
• 1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case — Father (uncredited)
• 1943First Comes Courage — Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
• 1943Hangmen Also Die! — Bartos
• 1943Henry Aldrich Swings It — Store Proprietor (uncredited)
• 1943Hi Diddle Diddle — Watson
• 1943Hoppy Serves a Writ — Danvers
• 1943In Old Oklahoma — Wilkins
• 1943Margin for Error — Pharmacist
• 1943Quiet Please, Murder — Edmund Walpole
• 1943Shantytown — Politician (uncredited)
• 1943Silver Spurs — Justice of the Peace
• 1943So Proudly We Hail — Larson (Uncredited)
• 1943Sweet Rosie O'Grady — Rimplemayer (uncredited)
• 1943The Adventures of a Rookie — Mr. Linden (uncredited)
• 1943The Black Raven — Horace Weatherby
• 1943The Falcon Strikes Back — Argyle, Hotel Desk Clark (uncredited)
• 1943The Human Comedy — Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
• 1943The Kansan — Ed Tracy
• 1943What a Woman — Buxton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1942A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen — Freddy Froelich
• 1942Apache Trail — Clerk (uncredited)
• 1942Fingers at the Window — Bird Man (uncredited)
• 1942Flying with Music — Horace Willpott
• 1942Keep 'Em Sailing — Pelly, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
• 1942Man From Headquarters — Hotel Manager Clark
• 1942Miss Annie Rooney — Randall
• 1942Pacific Rendezvous — Decoder
• 1942Reap the Wild Wind — Bixby (uncredited)
• 1942Sabotage Squad — Bomber
• 1942Stand by for Action — Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
• 1942The Adventures of Martin Eden — Smithers
• 1942The Forest Rangers — Collector (uncredited)
• 1942The Magnificent Dope — Fifth Man to Leave Class (uncredited)
• 1942The Man in the Trunk — Man at Auction (uncredited)
• 1942The Palm Beach Story — Jewelry Salesman (uncredited)
• 1942The Panther's Claw — Everett P. Digberry
• 1942The Power of God — Dr. Bradden
• 1942The Tuttles of Tahiti — Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)
• 1942Who Is Hope Schuyler? — George
• 1942Wrecking Crew — Mission Worker
• 1941Bedtime Story — First Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
• 1941Blonde Inspiration — Hutchins' Associate (uncredited)
• 1941Come Back, Miss Pipps — Attorney Arthur Prince (uncredited)
• 1941Dude Cowboy — Frank Adams
• 1941Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring — Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
• 1941Fancy Answers — Offbeat Otto, Musician
• 1941H.M. Pulham, Esq. — Curtis Cole (uncredited)
• 1941Harvard Here I Come — Professor Alvin
• 1941Helping Hands — Head of Civilian Counsel
• 1941I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island — Presidente Judge (uncredited)
• 1941Man-Made Monster — Alienist #2
• 1941Meet Boston Blackie — Blind Man (uncredited)
• 1941Mystery Ship — Wasserman
• 1941Remember the Day — Mr. Blanton - Photographer
• 1941Ridin' on a Rainbow — Matt 'Pop' Evans
• 1941Road to Happiness — Jackson
• 1941Roar of the Press — Eddie Tate
• 1941She Knew All the Answers — Man in the Elevator (uncredited)
• 1941Sis Hopkins — Joe
• 1941Sullivan's Travels — Johnny Valdelle
• 1941Sweetheart of the Campus — Dr. Bailey
• 1941The Deadly Game — Motel Manager
• 1941The Gay Vagabond — Vogel
• 1941The Night of January 16th — Jeweler (uncredited)
• 1941The Penalty — Bank Manager (uncredited)
• 1941The Stork Pays Off — Teacher (uncredited)
• 1941Under Age — Downey
• 1941You Belong to Me — Delaney (uncredited)
• 1940Abe Lincoln in Illinois — Politician (uncredited)
• 1940Arizona — Pete Kitchen
• 1940Behind the News — John - Alcoholic Father
• 1940Boom Town — Geologist
• 1940Curtain Call — Director of Medbury Theatre Group
• 1940Dr. Kildare's Crisis — Orderly at Emergency Switchboard
• 1940Edison, the Man — Edwin Hall
• 1940Ellery Queen, Master Detective — Amos
• 1940Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe — Professor Drok
• 1940Golden Gloves — Hemingway (uncredited)
• 1940Good Bad Boys — Mr. Stephens (uncredited)
• 1940Heroes of the Saddle — Melloney
• 1940I Want a Divorce — Secretary
• 1940Opened by Mistake — Roger Weatherby (uncredited)
• 1940Parole Fixer — Florist (uncredited)
• 1940Sky Murder — Kuse
• 1940The Great McGinty — Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1940The Man with Nine Lives — Dr. Bassett
• 1940The Saint's Double Trouble — Ephraim Byrd (uncredited)
• 1940Three Faces West — Joe Stebbins
• 1940Untamed — Nels (uncredited)
• 1939A Woman is the Judge — Ballistic Expert (uncredited)
• 1939Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever — Mark Hansen (uncredited)
• 1939Bad Little Angel — New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
• 1939Beware Spooks! — Bank cashier (uncredited)
• 1939Exile Express — Fake Conductor
• 1939Girl from Rio — William Wilson
• 1939Hawaiian Nights — Evans (uncredited)
• 1939I'll Tell the World — Banker
• 1939In Name Only — Owen the Clerk (uncredited)
• 1939Let Us Live — Defense Attorney (uncredited)
• 1939Million Dollar Legs — Frederick Day, Dean Wixby's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1939Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — Hopper's Secretary (uncredited)
• 1939Mutiny on the Blackhawk — Coombs - a Sailor
• 1939Mystery of the White Room — The Coroner
• 1939Sabotage — (uncredited)
• 1939Some Like It Hot — Radio Announcer (uncredited)
• 1939Streets of New York — 'Murderer' in Classroom (uncredited)
• 1939Television Spy — William Sheldon
• 1939The Girl from Mexico — Delivery Entrance Guard, Delivery Entrance Guard (uncredited)
• 1939The Man They Could Not Hang — Lang
• 1939The Secret of Dr. Kildare — Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
• 1939The Spellbinder — J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)
• 1939Union Pacific — Andrew Whipple (uncredited)
• 1938A Man to Remember — Bank Teller (uncredited)
• 1938Born to Be Wild — Husband
• 1938Crime Ring — George Myles
• 1938Delinquent Parents — Herbert Ellis
• 1938Gangster's Boy — District Attorney's Secretary
• 1938I Am a Criminal — Ed Harper
• 1938I Am the Law — Simpson (uncredited)
• 1938It's All in Your Mind — Wilbur Crane
• 1938King of the Newsboys — Gazette Owner (uncredited)
• 1938Say It in French — Swedish Janitor
• 1938Smashing the Rackets — Alverson - Chemist
• 1938Smashing the Spy Ring — Schuster aka Quirk (uncredited)
• 1938Strange Glory — Senator
• 1938Tarnished Angel — Second Cripple
• 1938Tenth Avenue Kid — Dr. Belknap
• 1938Test Pilot — Designer (uncredited)
• 1938The Lady in the Morgue — Al Horn (uncredited)
• 1938The Mad Miss Manton — Assistant News Editor (uncredited)
• 1938The Spider's Web — Allen Roberts
• 1938You Can't Take It with You — Kirby's Assistant (uncredited)
• 1937A Day at the Races — Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
• 1937Dick Tracy — Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]
• 1937History Is Made at Night — Vail Employee Reading from Newspaper (uncredited)
• 1937It Happened in Hollywood — Chet
• 1937Larceny on the Air — Pete Andorka
• 1937Make Way for Tomorrow — Mr. Dale (uncredited)
• 1937Soak the Poor — Grocer (uncredited)
• 1937The Devil Diamond — Ole
• 1937The Devil Is Driving — Mr. Muller (uncredited)
• 1937The Duke Comes Back — Peters the butler
• 1937The Luck of Roaring Camp — Kentuck
• 1937The Prisoner of Zenda — Johann (uncredited)
• 1937True Confession — Ballistic Expert (uncredited)
• 1936The President's Mystery — Supporting Role
• 1934The Little Minister — Villager at Stabbing
• 1932Night World — Mr. Baby / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (1)

• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self