John McGiver was an owl-faced, portly actor with a mid-Atlantic accent who made more than a hundred appearances in television and motion pictures over a two-decade span from 1955 to 1975. He also appeared in tv commercials, including the first of a popular series of commercials for the American Express charge card ("Do you know me?").
You might recognize him as:
Leonard Sharpe in The Apple Dumpling Gang
Mr. Babcock in Mame
Albert in Fitzwilly
Ralph Goodwin in The Glass Bottom Boat
Rogert Barclay in Made in Paris
William Cadwalader in Man's Favorite Sport
Senator Thomas Jordaon in The Manchurian Candidate
Mr. Martin Turner in Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation
Tiffany's Salesman in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Monsieur X in Love in the Afternoon
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Good ol' Mr. Cadwalader. :D
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