Was nominated for Broadway's 1977 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured
Role - Musical) for a revival of "Porgy and Bess."
He was nominated for a 2014 Joseph Jefferson Equity Award for Principal Actor in a Play for "Pullman Porter Blues" at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
Not to be confused with a Scottish character actor of the same name, busy on British TV in the 1960s.