A very fine artist and painter.
Along with Roddy McDowall, Woodrow Parfrey and Eldon Burke, he is one of only four actors to appear in both Planet of the Apes (1968) and "Planet of the Apes" (1974).
Died in a car crash on the California/Arizona border while returning to his home in Mexico. (Nov 2003)
Taught 'method acting' in Lakeside, California.