He received Tony and Drama Desk Award nominations for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his performance in 1980's 42nd Street. His other credits include Applause and The Producers.
He received a Master of Arts degree and an honorary doctorate from the University of Cincinnati's Conservatory of Music.
He appeared in the 1966 production of Sweet Charity and in the 1969 production of Oklahoma!
He was born in Covington, Kentucky.
He played Frank Schultz in the 1989 Paper Mill Playhouse production of Show Boat, a play that was based on a novel of the same name by Oscar Hammerstein II.
