The veteran stage actor made his feature film debut in
Close-Up (1948), shot in
New York City. Seven years later, when the national company of "Tea and
Sympathy" (with which he was touring) closed on the West Coast, he
remained there, making his Hollywood movie debut in
The Creature Walks Among Us (1956), as one of
the scientists in the employ of
Jeff Morrow, an actor Manson knew from his
summer stock days.