Moved to New York, began training as an engineer.

Joined YMCA Theatre group.

Studied with Uta Hagen

Aaron, Titus Andronicus, RSC 1972

Did not transfer to London, where Aaron was played by patrick Stewart in blackface

Broadway debut in A Taste of Honey opposite Joan Plowright.

London: Clay in Dutchman, Hampstead Theatre 1967

Films include Joanna (1969)

Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970)

Myra Breckinridge (1971)