Met his wife, Sharon, at Illinois Wesleyan University; they both graduated in 1969
Spent 15 years with Rhode Island's Trinity Repertory Theater, where he performed on stage, directed and served as artistic director (1990-94)
First TV appearance was the PBS airing of the play Feasting With Panthers, a 1974 Trinity Repertory Company production about playwright Oscar Wilde's incarceration
Began adding film and TV credits in the early 1980s, including Hannah and Her Sisters, The Witches of Eastwick and Sea of Love
Attained a higher profile with his recurring role as the deceased Nathaniel Fischer Sr