Actor. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a veteran character performer of more then 40 films and countless televisions shows. He began his career on radio in the 1940s, being featured on programs such as “A Tooth for Paul Revere”, “Dragnet”, “Lux Radio Theatre”, “The Whistler” and many more. For TV, his credits included “Ozzie and Harriet”, “Gunsmoke”, “The Rifleman” “Green Acres”, “Hogan’s Heroes”, “Dukes of Hazard” and his role as Mayor Stoner on the “The Andy Griffith Show”, series. He also was the voice of Ernie Keebler on the Keebler cookies commercials in the 1990s. For features films, he appeared in “To Kill a Mocking Bird” (1962)”, plus many Disney Studio Films to include “The Ugly Dachshund”, “Follow the Boys” and “Those Calloways”. He died of a stroke at age 88 in Los Angeles, California.