- From 1987 to 1994, played one of the very few adult, live-action, children's heroes on national TV as George Frankly in PBS's "Mathnet". "Mathnet" was a serial parody of Dragnet (1951), shown in the context of a larger series called Square One Television (1987), and was the most popular program produced by Childrens Television Workshop since "Sesame Street". "Mathnet" had a cult following among adults and college students.
- Beat out Phil Hartman for the role of "George Frankly" on Mathnet.
- Father of actor Jeremy Howard.
- Lived in Burma (Myanmar) for awhile as a kid while his dad was rebuilding a dam that had been bombed out in World War II.
- Earned his road stake to move to New York City to pursue acting by working as a private investigator for Pinkerton's National Detective Agency's Albany, NY office.
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