George Grizzard
A celebrated stage actor with numerous Broadway and stock company plays to his credit, George Grizzard has generally been seen as a supporting player in TV and films. The light-haired actor was often cast as politicians and men of authority, most memorably as John Adams in "The Adams Chronicles" (PBS, 1976), the ruthless Senator van Ackerman in "Advise and Consent" (1962) and the forceful defense attorney Arthur Gold in more or less annual appearances on NBC's "Law & Order."