grandchildren. His "signature" performance, for which he had won a Best of Festival award at New City Theater's annual directors' festival in 1986, was in Anton Chekhov's one-man comedy On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco. His son later admitted that even while performing in this play, he had been "smoking on the sly". References External links 1912 births 1994 deaths American male stage actors American male film actors American male television actors 20th-century American male actors Deaths from lung cancer in Washington (state) Deaths from pneumonia in Washington (state)