He attended New York University but left during the Depression to focus on acting, defying his father’s wishes that he pursue a legal career. He told the Star-Ledger, “The lawyers I saw were all driving cabs. So I thought, well, if I’m going to be badly off anyway, I might as well be badly off in the theater, where you get used to it.”

Source: Washington Post May 11, 2021 23:07 UTC