Actor. He is best known for his role as Detective Sergeant Ed Brown on the television series “Ironside” (1967 to 1975). Born in Brooksville, Kentucky, he began his career during the early 1960s in the soap opera “The Secret Storm” and became a regular presence on the small screen into the 1990s. Among his other television credits are “The Virginian”, “Love, American Style”, “Marcus Welby, M.D.”, “Fantasy Island”, “Dallas” and “Murder, She Wrote”. His motion picture credits include “The Rare Breed” (1966), “Gunfight in Abilene” (1967), “Ride to Hangman’s Tree” (1967), “Rough Night in Jericho” (1967) and “The Big Chill” (1983).