Born Harry Ueberroth or Harold Neberroth[1][2] in Chicago, he began his career as a model[3] before becoming an actor, appearing in local newspaper ads.

He was one of the romantic leads in Abbott and Costello's first hit film Buck Privates (1941) and played composer Franz Schubert in The Great Awakening (1941).

[5] His chance for leading-man stardom came when he replaced the unwilling John Garfield in the production Flesh and Fantasy (1943).

He also portrayed the man framed for murder in Phantom Lady (1944) and the detective Philo Vance.

[10] He is buried in the Ueberroth family plot in Memorial Park Cemetery in Skokie, Illinois.