His career as a character actor included appearances in the films, I Was a Male War Bride, The Red Badge of Courage, The Thing from Another World, The Blue Veil, Red Skies of Montana, Dreamboat, Monkey Business, Julius Caesar, Dream Wife, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Atomic Kid, This Island Earth, Giant, Hellcats of the Navy, Don't Go Near the Water, Bombers B-52, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock, Follow the Boys, Call Me Bwana, The Yellow Rolls-Royce, The Trouble with Girls, The Out of Towners, Escape from the Planet of the Apes, Pete 'n' Tillie, Westworld and So I Married an Axe Murderer.