- A frequent collaborator of writer-producer Neil Simon, notably as director of Murder by Death (1976), The Cheap Detective (1978) and Chapter Two (1979).
- Was nominated for Broadway's Tony Award five times: as Best Director (Musical), in 1969 for "Promises, Promises;" in 1979 for "They're Playing Our Song;" and in 1981 for "Woman of the Year;" as Best Director (Dramatic), in 1970 for "Last of the Red Hot Lovers;" and as Best Director (Play), in 1978 for "Deathtrap." He never won.
- Theatre director.
- Attended Catholic University, Washington. Broadway debut as actor in 1948, in "Jenny Kissed Me" by Jean Kerr.
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