He began his career in the Broadway stage performance of "The Taming of the Shrew" (1940). Going on to feature films, he made his debut playing the role as Bette Davis' son in "Watch on the Rhine" (1943). His other notable film credits included "The Bourgeois Gentleman" (1945), "The Street with No Name" (1948), "Vendetta" (1950), "New Mexico" (1951) "Stolen Identity" (1953) and "Operation Eichmann" (1961). He also had a successful career in television appearing in episodes of "Dragnet", "Zane Grey Theater", "Lawman", "77 Sunset Strip", "Perry Mason", "Ironside" and "The High Chaparral".