Played the father on the TV series “The Patty Duke Show” and appeared in other series, including “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, “Get Smart”, and “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries”, he was Professor Quigley in the movie “The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes”

He’s appeared in numerous movies, most famously in “Deliverance”, other films include “Nashville”, “Superman”, “The Big Easy”, and “Rudy”

Starred in the TV series “The Beverly Hillbillies” and “Barnaby Jones”, movie star in the 1930s and 1940s