As a child became interested in acting while in high school.
Dark-browed, shady-looking character actor known for playing serious-minded professionals and assorted menacers and mobsters, mostly on TV during the 50s, 60s and 70s.
He is not related to actor Robert Pine as some sources indicate.
Remembered on TV as the evil "Colonel Green" on the original "Star Trek" (1966) TV series.
Worked on Ohio and Mississippi showboats during the early 1940's.