His father, Clifford Leon Sherman, worked in the art department of The Boston Globe.

[2] The farce, directed by William Friedlander, opened at the Theatre Masque on March 5, 1934, and closed after only eight performances.

Two years later he made his Broadway debut as an actor in the Federal Theatre Project's Horse Eats Hat.

He won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for Two's Company and How Now, Dow Jones.

[5] He appeared in London's West End as Matthew Cuthbert in the British premiere of Anne of Green Gables.