[2] After serving in the Canadian military during World War II, he enrolled as a geography student at the University of Toronto, and began acting with the Hart House Theatre.
[2] He also worked in theatre across Canada, both as an actor and a director,[2] and had a number of roles on Broadway in New York City, appearing in productions of Tamburlaine, The Makropulos Affair, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Soldiers and H.M.S.
[1] In 1962, he appeared alongside Corinne Conley, Dave Broadfoot, Jack Creley and Eric Christmas in the musical revue Clap Hands at London's Hammersmith Theatre.
[4] His film roles included Anne of Green Gables (1956), and Oedipus Rex (1957),[2] while his television roles included frequent appearances in the CBC Television drama anthology series Playdate, Folio and Festival,[5] A Gift to Last[5] and the shortlived comedy series Delilah.
He received a Canadian Film Award nomination for Best Actor in 1969 for his performance in "The Night Nothing Happened", an episode of the drama series Quentin Durgens, M.P..[6] In later years he returned to Stratford, appearing in productions of Hamlet and Troilus and Cressida.