American actor and director
Made his professional debut playing Chico Marx in "Minnies Boys," the musical based on The Marx Brothers.
Once was a school teacher teaching eighth grade.
Former boyfriend of Bette Midler ; they lived together in the 1970s. He played perennial boyfriend Herbie to Midlers Mama Rose in "Gypsy" in the 1993 made-for-TV film version of the hit Broadway musical.
Played a wild, authority-hating frat brother in Animal House and a stiff, rigid, no-nonsense authoritarian cop in The Mask .
It never occurs to me that acting with a superstar is something to worry,about. I figure the bigger, the better, because more will be demanded,of me. .
