Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald S. Smith, pg. 48-50. New York: Facts on File, 1992. ISBN 0816023387
He studied drama at HB Studios in Greenwich Village in New York City.
He was nominated for a 1990 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Play for "I'm Not Rappaport" in Chicago, Illinois.
Uncle of actor Henry Herman.