Father of Hart Bochner, Paul Bochner and Johanna Courtleigh.
He and his son Hart Bochner both provided voices for Batman. He did the voice of "Mayor Hill" in "Batman" (1992). In the 1993 feature film, Batman: Mask of the Phantasm (1993), Hart did the voice of "D.A. Arthur Reeves".
He began his career on the radio in Canada when he was 11 years old. He moved on to stage and movie work, and eventually moved to Los Angeles in 1960 to co-star in the TV series "Hong Kong" (1960).
Originally hired to play C.C. Capwell on the daytime soap "Santa Barbara" (1984) but was forced to leave the series before it debuted on television as he suffered a heart attack.
Played "Dr.Wendell Roberts" in The Detective (1968), based on a novel by author Roderick Thorp. His son, actor Hart Bochner, played "Harry Ellis" in Die Hard (1988), which was based on Thorp's novel "Nothing Lasts Forever", the sequel to "The Detective".
Starred in "To Serve Man," one of the most popular episodes of "Twilight Zone" (1959) ever produced.
Was a licensed amateur (ham) radio operator with the call sign N6CKF.