Award-winning songwriter ("I Believe", "You Better Go Now"), composer, actor, author, writer and singer, educated at Zeckwer Hahn Musical Academy and a student of Norman Lloyd. He was a singer and scriptwriter for WCAU and WIP in Philadelphia, and wrote the Broadway stage scores for "Crazy With The Heat" and "All About Love", and the CBS musical version of "Taming of the Shrew", plus special material for Jane Froman, Patrice Munsel, Imogene Coca, Marguerite Piazza, Constance Bennett, Mimi Benzel, and Eddie Albert, and served on Max Liebman's staff. Joining ASCAP in 1952, his other popular-song compositions include "Maybe I Love Him", "I'm In Love With a Married Man", and "Twist of the Wrist".