Studied law in college but fell in love with acting at school and switched career paths
Appeared on the first season of Remington Steele (1982-83) as a private investigator
Big break came when he was cast as Pennsylvania soldier George Hazard in the 1985 mini-series North and South, a part he reprised in the 1986 and 1994 sequels
Fell in love with his North and South wife, played by Wendy Kilbourne, while filming and they later married
Best known for his TV work playing dads on Charmed and Wildfire