Donald Elson was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, just a "whoop and a holler" from Hollywood. He was a young college student at the outbreak of WWII.
After serving in the Air Force, he attended the Columbia Radio School of Broadcasting on the GI Bill and pursued a career as a radio announcer at stations in Texas and Oklahoma before returning to college.
He graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA degree in Theatre Arts in 1949 and headed to New York.
Elson became a successful Broadway actor, appearing in "Inherit The Wind," "Desire Under the Elms," "Peter Pan," "Threepenny Opera" and numerous off-Broadway productions.
He returned to Hollywood in the early 1960s, "saddling up" in a string of Film and TV Westerns. His skill and craftsmanship have enabled him to portray a wide variety of characters.
Why is that craggy face so "gol'durn" familiar?
Because we've seen it a thousand times in movies, television series, anthologies and Movies of the Week as well as countless television commercials. IMDb Mini Biography By: Valerie Elson - [email protected]
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