During World War II Healey joined the US Army Air Corps and was a navigator and bombardier, flying many bombing missions over Germany.
Godson of noted horticulturist Luther Burbank.
Remembered as being the man who gives Robert Horton 20 lashes with a bullwhip in the TV series episode "Wagon Train: The Traitor (#5.11)" (1961), broadcast 13 December 1961.
Studied acting with Maria Ouspenskaya.
Was a child prodigy who sang on radio and gave violin and piano recitals while still in his early teens.
Was the son of a prominent California proctologist.