Born in Watertown, New York, he began his show business career playing the organ and acting in radio dramas at station WWNY.

He branched out into a comedy routine, attired in tuxedo, yet managing to evoke eerily convincing imitations of popular movie actresses.

Frederick reports that Davis brushed off Pierce with the same reference to Blake but didn't mention attending the show.

Thanks in part to his good friend actress Dixie Carter, Pierce also appeared on an early episode of the sitcom Designing Women as a steward on a cruise ship.

His ashes were interred in the Columbarium of Providence, Forest Lawn - Hollywood Hills Cemetery in Los Angeles, California.