He earned a Bachelor of Engineering degree in 1944 and an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts in 1965 from Northeastern University.
He moved on to produce the classic TV courtroom drama The Defenders during the years 1961–65, winning two Emmy awards.
Between 1967 and 1969, he produced the popular television show NYPD, starring Jack Warden, Robert Hooks and Frank Converse.
NYPD featured one of the earliest performances by Al Pacino, who guest starred as a bigoted southerner.
He experimented in etching, monoprints, oil and acrylic paintings, and was known for his studies of the nude figure on the East End of the Island.