American actor
Worked as a playwright in New Mexico and established the New Vic Players in Albuquerque.
After the war, he enrolled at Los Angeles City College, studying along drama alongside Victor French and Vic Tayback (the trio calling themselves The Three Vics).
Served as a sergeant during World War II in the Armored Corps, 486 Ordnance Evacuation Company (tank recovery unit). He was involved in the D-Day landings.
Born in Watertown, New York, to Hungarian immigrants George and Helen Izay. His father was successful in real estate until the stock market crash of 1929.
