Served in the south Pacific during WWII as a combat paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division.
Was in the cast of It's Hard to Be a Jew at the Civic Playhouse (1953). Others in the cast were Laiola Wendor, Leonard Nimoy, and Mary Ellen Kay.
Was part of the cast of the American-Yiddish comedy play A Letter to Mother performed at the Civic Playhouse (1954). Others in the cast were Rose Wallerstein, Abe Lax, Mary-Ellen Kay, Sandra Stone, and Frances Weintraub.