He is known for his long-running character roles playing physicians on ABC and CBS soap operas.

Polen played Dr. Doug Cassen on As the World Turns for over 9 years, from April 1957 until October 1966.

[1] He then played Ephraim Webster on The Edge of Night and Dr. John Crager on the ABC afternoon version of The Nurses.

He later became second acor to portray Dr. Jim Craig on One Life to Live from 1969 until shortly before his death from pancreatic cancer in 1981.

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