His screaming during the murder in The Onion Field (1979) was unscripted and improvised.
Trained under John Houseman at Juilliard, later working in regional theater and the New York Shakespeare Festival. He played Hamlet at the L.A. Theatre Center.
Listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" in John Willis'
Screen World, Vol. 31.
Best known on film as James Woods' cop-killing partner in The Onion Field (1979). Best known on TV as the fussy, meticulous business manager Dexter Stuffins on Silver Spoons (1982).
He studied with colorist and landscape artist Ian Robertson and West
Indies artist O. D. Brisbane. Later, after he moved from St. Vincent to
New York City, he studied with Ron Mellman of the Brooklyn
Museum.
Born on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent and had three brothers and
three sisters.
He also did some artwork as a painter.
English, Scottish, African, Portuguese, and Native Caribbean descent.