Shot for about $400,000 and released by Allied Artists, his role as Dr.

Bennell in the horror film Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956 with Dana Wynter and Carolyn Jones) was the one that ultimately put his film career on the map and is the role for which he is best remembered.

Yet he acted in relatively few films until the early 1960s, when his first marriage soured. With Farrah Fawcett in the NBC made-for-TV biopic Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story later years The films of kevin mccarthy Death of a Salesman (1951) While a star in B movies, he usually landed supporting roles in A pictures, such as The Misfits (1961 with Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe), The Best Man (1964 with Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson), and Hotel (1967 with Rod Taylor).