Made his screen acting debut in the TV movie "Blood Sport" in 1973
Quote: "(On his home town in Iowa): "I'll be digging out the sewer pipe or mowing the lawn in front of our farm and people will stop and ask me for autographs․ I don't consider myself famous, but I can understand where they're coming from․""
Best known for his role as Detective Stan Switek in "Miami Vice" and as Balford in "First Blood․"
Directed and starred in the film "The Reunion" in 1977
Played a bully named Freddy in the classic 1976 horror film "Carrie․"