He is perhaps best known for playing Desk Sergeant Kogan on six episodes of the sitcom television series Barney Miller,[5] and for appearing in six different roles in the 1970s on Police Story.

He entered Cornell University with the class of 1957, but left after his junior year to earn his medical degree.

He was a Peace Corps Physician in West Africa (1969–1972), practiced with the National Health Service Corps in Harlowton, Montana (1982–1983), served with the U.S. Army in Hanau, West Germany (1984–1986) and practiced in Vermillion, South Dakota (1996–1998).

Published works include: Escape From Montana (2009), Diary of the Ouagadougou Doc (2010), and Second Act (2010).

He made guest appearances on many television series including It Takes a Thief, Mission: Impossible, Ironside, Sanford and Son, Mannix, The Law, Cannon, Police Story, Kojak, Eight Is Enough, Chico and the Man, The Rockford Files (3 episodes), Quincy, M.E., Diff'rent Strokes, Lou Grant, Night Court, Cagney & Lacey, Columbo, Knots Landing, Quantum Leap, General Hospital, Wonder Woman, Airwolf, The A-Team, My Two Dads, and many more.