He was an actor who appeared in such movies as "Two Moon Junction", "Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story", "White Dog", "The New Adventures of Heidi", "Roots", "Captains and Kings", "The Man Who Wanted to Live Forever", "The Whole World Is Watching", "Pinocchio", "Ensign Pulver", "Let No Man Write My Epitaph", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "The Power and the Prize", "Sierra" and "Smoky". As well, he appeared on such television shows as "The Bold Ones: The Lawyers" (Walter Nichols), "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (narrator) and "O.K. Crackerby!" (O.K. Crackerby), among numerous guest appearances. Also, he appeared in such Broadway productions as "The Boys From Syracuse", "This Is the Army", "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and "Dr. Cook's Island". As a singer, he recorded such songs as "A Holly Jolly Christmas", "Silver and Gold", "This is All I Ask", "Baby Come Home to Me" and "Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend)". "His wife was writer/producer/casting director Dorothy Koster Paul. He died of mouth cancer.