by Rovi
biography
He got a degree in drama and then broke into films in 1957; he appeared in a film per year through the early '60s, meanwhile returning to school to get his master's degree in acting and a Ph.D. in political science. For his work in The Young Philadelphians (1959) he received a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. In the mid '60s he starred in the popular TV spy series The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Although never a movie star, he has sustained a busy screen career through the '90s. He is the author of Only Victims (1972), a study of Hollywood blacklisting during the McCarthy Era.




























