American actor
Educated at Washington State College. Debut on stage at the Pasadena Playhouse in the early 1940s. Subsequently joined Warner Brothers as a contract player for juvenile leads in action films. He used the pseudonym Michael Ames until 1944, for his appearances in B-grade material. Cast as the lead in the Tennessee Williams production of Summer and Smoke at the Music Box Theatre on Broadway in October 1948. Had several successful years on stage, but, given his earlier build-up, his later screen career proved desultory.
He appeared in three films directed by Ted Post : Hang Em High , Beneath the Planet of the Apes and The Baby .
Although he played Don Ameche and Gene Tierney s son in Heaven Can Wait , he was only six years younger than Ameche and six years older than Tierney.
