Attended Janesville High School in Janesville, Wisconsin, and Beloit College, in Beloit, Wisconsin, where he learned fencing.
Dark, dexterous, handsome hero of adventure fantasies, costumers and swashbucklers whose 50s and 60s career was bolstered by battling some of Ray Harryhausen's famous animated creatures.
Survived by his life partner Tom Nicoll with whom he had lived from 1961 until his death in 2007.
Was a teacher before getting into the acting field.