Gideon

He was a master class in cerebral eloquence and audience command...and although his dominant playing card in the realm of acting was quite serious and stately, nobody cut a more delightfully dry edge in sitcoms than this gentleman, whose calm yet blistering put-downs often eluded his lesser victims. For many years he and actor Anthony Zerbe toured the U.S. with their presentation of "Behind the Broken Words", an evening of poetry and dramatic readings. His trademark baritone lent authority and

Credits include: 12 Monkeys, Golden Years, What Alice Found, Five Nights in Maine and Me and Him

Credits include: Days of Heaven, The Magnificent Seven, Stripes, From Here to Eternity and 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Credits include: Peggy Sue Got Married, Conquest of the Planet of the Apes, Advise & Consent, Bus Stop and Endless Love

Credits include: Take the Money and Run, Baby Doll, 52 Pick-Up, The Witch Who Came from the Sea and Where the Red Fern Grows

Credits include: The Last Detail, Blood Beach, Identity Crisis, The Capture of Bigfoot and The Clones

Credits include: Watermelon Man, Hogan's Heroes, Forced Vengeance, Marty and The Doomsday Flight

Credits include: Hondo, Breakheart Pass, Death Hunt, Mitchell and North to Alaska

Credits include: I am the Night - Color Me Black, Finger Man, Child, An Old, Old Friend of the Family and Operation Greif