Character actor, screenwriter, and author. He had recurring roles on Tom Corbett, Space Cadet (1951-54) and The Rough Riders (1958-59). Merlin won a Daytime Emmy for writing Another World.

KNOWN FOR

Perry Mason
1958
Bonanza
1962
The Fugitive
1966
Mission: Impossible
1969
The A-Team
1985
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1957
The Invaders
1968
Baretta
1975
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
Switch
1976
The Time Tunnel
1967
12 O'Clock High
1966

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
46
1992
A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story
as Jury Foreman
1990
False Identity
as Potter - Pete
1990
Silk 2
as Hancock Gish
1990
Buried Alive
as Attorney
1989
Time Trackers
as Max Barker
1989
Nowhere to Run
as Mr. Groker
1988
Permanent Record
1985
Covenant
as Karl
1985
The A-Team
as Colonel Donald Davis
1982
Aliens From Another Planet
as Centauri
1976
Switch
as Bradner
1975
The Hindenburg
as Speck
1975
Baretta
as Slater
1973
I Escaped from Devil's Island
as Rosenquist
1973
The Slams
as Saddler
1972
The Twilight People
as Steinman
1971
Mission: Impossible
as Leon
1969
Strategy of Terror
as Jon
1969
Take the Money and Run
as Al - Bank Robber
1969
Mission: Impossible
as Captain Danko
1968
The Invaders
as Post
1967
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Willie Marks
1967
The Time Tunnel
as Centauri
1966
The Fugitive
as Jan Karac
1966
Jericho
as Lt. Karl Linck
1966
12 O'Clock High
as Colonel Grulov
1964
Guns of Diablo
as Rance Macklin
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
as Angel Galley
1963
Gunfight at Comanche Creek
as Nielson
1962
Bonanza
as Bill Enders
1960
Hell Bent for Leather
as Travers
1958
Cole Younger, Gunfighter
as Frank Wittrock
1958
The Rough Riders
1958
Perry Mason
as Tony Davis
1957
Woman and the Hunter
as Robert Gifford
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Fred Colby
1956
A Day of Fury
as Billy Brand
1956
A Strange Adventure
as Al Kutner
1956
Screaming Eagles
as Lt. Pauling
1956
The Peacemaker
as Viggo Tomlin
1956
Frontier
as Clay Chandler
1955
Six Bridges to Cross
as Andy Norris
1955
Illegal
as Andy Garth
1955
Big House, U.S.A
as Tommy (uncredited)
1955
Running Wild
as Scotty Cluett
1946
Flight to Nowhere
as (Unconfirmed) Hotel Bellboy