Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the staunch Dr. Hart in "Black Tuesday" (1954). Born into a traditional working-class family, the eldest son of a traveling salesman and a housewife, after attaining his communications degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, he relocated to California and began his career as a leading man on several radio programs. Upon being introduced to actor Charles Laughton and his wife Elsa Lanchester while attending a seminar at the Pasadena Playhouse, they both were so impressed by his unique voice, blonde good looks, and slim physique, after taking notice of his potential, they arranged for him to begin a career in the film industry beginning with a supporting role in "Magic Town" (1947). From there, he would go on to flourish as a notable character actor appearing in over 50 features; often typecast as husbands, fathers, relatives, aristocrats, historical or literary figures, educators, doctors, blue-collared workers, villains, eccentrics, landlords, neighbors, curmudgeons, politicians, jurors, retail clerks, managers, bankers, businessmen, policemen, city slickers, detectives, reporters, aristocrats, snobs, clergymen, cowboys, bailiffs, deputies, sheriffs, and patriarchs. He appeared in such feature films as "Outrage" (1950), "Don't Bother to Knock" (1952), "Julius Caesar" (1953), "Dragnet" (1954), "Spartacus" (1960), "Gorath" (1962), "Wall of Noise" (1963), "Joy in the Morning" (1965), "The Singing Nun" (1966), "Bullitt" (1968), "Airport" (1970), "Gargoyles" (1972), "Heidi in the Mountains" (1974), "The Hindenburg" (1975), "Black Oaks Conspiracy" (1977), and "Gallavants" (1984). On television, he appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Four Star Playhouse," "Adventures of Superman," "The Whistler," "Frontier," "Lux Video Theatre," "Studio 57," "Lassie," "Telephone Time," "The Adventures of Jim Bowie," "Sergeant Preston of the Yukon," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "Wagon Train," "Peter Gunn," "Alcoa Theatre," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Black Saddle," "The Twilight Zone," "Have Gun - Will Travel," "The Magical World of Disney," "Going My Way," "The Eleventh Hour," "Wide Country," "Perry Mason," "The Untouchables," "77 Sunset Strip," "Empire," "Gunsmoke," "The Outer Limits," "Dr. Kildare," "Rawhide," "The Big Valley," "Star Trek," "Mannix," "The Wild Wild West," "Lancer," "Adam-12," "The Streets of San Francisco," "Wonder Woman," and "The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible". During his career, he was the older brother of KNX Radio newsman Lloyd Perrin, was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a vocal instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, was one of the founding members of the Canyon Theatre Guild, presided as a chairman for his local charters of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity, was the celebrity spokesman for Head and Shoulders Shampoo, had been a notable audiobook narrator, was the official voice of the Spaceship Earth and Universe of Energy attractions at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and he was married to school teacher Rita Singer from 1977 until his death (their union produced one son). Following his 1986 retirement, he spent the remainder of his life being a regular attendee at autograph conventions, as well as partaking in charitable and religious causes until his death.