RECENT CREDITS
Compulsion (FILM)  Jan. 1, 2003
Walker Evans/America (TV)  Feb. 10, 2000
The Defenders: Choice of Evils (TV)  Jan. 18, 1998
The Defenders: Payback (TV)  Oct. 12, 1997


HIGHLIGHTS
1997 Featured in "Absolute Power"; final film performance
1994 Appeared as part of the distinguished ensemble of "Chicago Hope", a CBS medical drama
1988 Portrayed the father of candidate Tanner in Robert Altman's HBO miniseries, "Tanner '88"
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All Credits

Film Name / TV Show Name (Episode Name)
Role
Category

Compulsion  2003 -Horn
Actor
Film


Walker Evans/America  2000 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Defenders: Choice of Evils  1998 -Lawrence Preston
Actor
TV


The Defenders: Payback  1997 -Lawrence Preston
Actor
TV


Miss Evers' Boys  1997 -Senate Chairman
Actor
TV


Absolute Power  1997 -Walter Sullivan
Actor
Film


Nixon  1995 -John Mitchell
Actor
Film


Courthouse  1995 -Judge Sykes
Actor
TV


The Way West  1995
Voice
TV


Messengers From Moscow  1995 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
TV


A Capitol Fourth 1993  1993 -Host
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Lincoln  1992 -of Gideon Welles
Voice
TV


Consenting Adults  1992 -George Gordon
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Realm of the Serpent  1992 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Two Evil Eyes  1991 -Steven Pike
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


Ironclads  1991 -Commodore Smith
Actor
TV


Arctic Wars  1990 -Narration
Narrator
TV


A Capitol Fourth 1990  1990 -Host
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Actor
Film


A Capitol Fourth 1989  1989 -Host
Actor
TV


Black Forest Journey  1989 -Host
Actor
TV


Elephant  1989 -Narration
Narrator
TV


The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro  1989 -Stan Kubacki
Actor
TV


Narrator
TV


Actor
TV


Emma: Queen of the South Seas  1988 -President Ulysses S Grant
Actor
TV


Tanner '88: Moonwalker and Bookbag  1988 -Tanner's Father
Actor
TV


The Blessings of Liberty  1987 -Justice Taney, Justice William O Douglas
Actor, Actor
TV


La Gran Fiesta  1987 -Judge Cropper
Actor
Film


Actor
TV


At Mother's Request  1987 -Franklin Bradshaw
Actor
TV


Ike  1986 -Dwight D Eisenhower
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


Under Siege  1986 -Secretary of State Harold Sloan
Actor
TV


Power  1986 -Senator Sam Hastings
Actor
Film


My Chauffeur  1986 -Witherspoon
Actor
Film


The Cosby Show  1984 -Stanley Rappaport
Actor
TV
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Kennedy  1983 -Joseph Kennedy
Actor
TV


Born of Fire  1983 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Creepshow  1982 -Upson Pratt
Actor
Film


Eleanor, First Lady of the World  1982 -John Foster Dulles
Actor
TV


The Show Must Go On  1982 -Host
Actor
TV


The Thames  1982 -Host
Actor
TV


The Phoenix  1982 -Dr Ward Frazier
Actor
TV


Polar Bear Alert  1982 -Host
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The Sharks  1982 -Host
Actor
TV


Falcon Crest  1981 -Henri Denault
Actor
TV


Superman II  1981 -President
Actor
Film


The Phoenix  1981 -Dr Ward Frazier
Actor
TV


Gorilla  1981 -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


The Gangster Chronicles  1981 -Narration
Narrator
TV


Disaster on the Coastliner  1979 -Roy Snyder
Actor
TV


Vampire  1979 -Harry Kilcoyne
Actor
TV


Interiors  1978 -Arthur
Actor
Film


Collision Course  1976 -President Harry S Truman
Actor
TV


The Abduction of Saint Anne  1975 -Bishop Francis Paul Logan
Actor
TV


Money to Burn  1973 -Jed Finnegan
Actor
TV


Pursuit  1972 -James Wright
Actor
TV


Actor
TV


The City  1971 -Sheridan Hugotor
Actor
TV


Vanished  1971 -Arthur Ingram
Actor
TV


A Clear and Present Danger  1970 -Senator Stowe
Actor
TV


Tora! Tora! Tora!  1970 -Lieutenant Colonel Bratton
Actor
Film


The Littlest Angel  1969 -God
Actor
TV


The Bridge at Remagen  1969 -Brig Gen Shinner
Actor
Film


Flesh and Blood  1968 -John
Actor
TV


The Chase  1966 -Val Rogers
Actor
Film


Is Paris Burning?  1966 -Powell
Actor
Film


The Defenders  1961 -Lawrence Preston
Actor
TV


Cash McCall  1960 -Winston Conway
Actor
Film


The Journey  1959 -Harold Rhinelander
Actor
Film


The Buccaneer  1958 -Governor Claiborne
Actor
Film


The Desilu Playhouse  1958 -Performer
Actor
TV


The Bachelor Party  1957 -Walter
Actor
Film


Twelve Angry Men  1957 -4th Juror
Actor
Film


The Mountain  1956 -Solange
Actor
Film


The Scarlet Hour  1956 -Jennings
Actor
Film


Alfred Hitchcock Presents  1955 -Performer
Actor
TV


The Left Hand of God  1955 -Dr Sigman
Actor
Film


The Silver Chalice  1954 -Ignatius
Actor
Film


Pushover  1954 -Lieutenant Carl Eckstrom
Actor
Film


Broken Lance  1954 -Governor
Actor
Film


The Caine Mutiny  1954 -Lieutenant Commander Challee
Actor
Film


The Web  1950 -Performer
Actor
TV


The Chevrolet Tele-Theater  1948 -Performer
Actor
TV


Actors Studio  1948 -Star
Actor
TV


Kraft Television Theater  1947 -Performer
Actor
TV


American Lifestyle   -Host, Narration
Actor, Narrator
TV


Chicago Hope   -Dr Arthur Thurmond
Actor
TV


Murder, She Wrote   -Professor Walker
Actor
TV


The Pursuit of Happiness   -Daniel Lawrence
Actor
Film


Actor
Film


Saigon - Year of the Cat   -Ambassador
Actor
Film


Independence   -Narration
Narrator
Film


Billy Jack Goes to Washington   -Senator Joseph Paine
Actor
Film


Town Without Pity   -Major Jerome Pakenham
Actor
Film




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Highlights

1997 Featured in "Absolute Power"; final film performance
1994 Appeared as part of the distinguished ensemble of "Chicago Hope", a CBS medical drama
1988 Portrayed the father of candidate Tanner in Robert Altman's HBO miniseries, "Tanner '88"
1982 Starred in a segment of the anthology horror film "Creepshow"; first collaboration with horror auteur George Romero
1982 Cast as Ward Frazier on "The Phoenix", a short-lived ABC sci-fi series
1981 Played the recurring role of Henri Denault on the popular CBS primetime soap, "Falcon Crest" (date approximate)
1981 Narrated seven episodes of "The Gangster Chronicles", an NBC miniseries
1972 TV debut as a host/narrator, "American Lifestyle", a syndicated documentary series; the first of 20 such credits in as many years
1966 TV-movie debut, "The Poppy Is Also a Flower", an ABC drama produced by the United Nations to teach about the drug menace
1957 Breakthrough feature supporting role, Fourth Juror in Sidney Lumet's "Twelve Angry Men"
1956 Appeared in the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" presentation of "The Little Foxes" on NBC
1954 First of four film performances for director Edward Dmytryk, "Broken Lance"
1946 - 1947 Featured performer on the radio series, "Theatre Guild on the Air"
1945 Film debut, "The House on 92nd Street"
1933 Left his home in Minneapolis to join the Oxford Players, a traveling Shakespearean company that toured the South and Southwest
1932 Began professional career on radio in St. Paul, Chicago, and Minneapolis
Oxford Players settled in Chicago and became the hub of the classical wing of the Federal Theater
Moved to NYC and appeared in such Broadway productions as "The Iceman Cometh", "The Skin of Our Teeth", "Waiting for Godot" and "The Crucible"
Featured in a radio production of Eugene O'Neill's "The Iceman Cometh"
TV debut as a series regular; starred as Lawrence Preston in the landmark CBS legal series, "The Defenders"
Starred as Dr. Benjamin Craig in NBC-TV's "The Doctors", a rotating segment of "The Bold Ones"
Reprised his role as Lawrence Preston for two Showtime TV-movies based on "The Defenders"


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Compulsion
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Released: Feb. 14, 1997

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Aired: Sep. 18, 1994

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