Spoiler : Born in Brooklyn, New York 6/7/1918; died 3/5/2002 of natural causes in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Manson had been a resident of Easthampton, New York. Married to Corey Rose Lang (2001-2002 his death). First acting job was as a soldier in the intergrated unit that appeared on Broadway in This Is The Army, and the 1943 movie version of the play. By the time the play closed in 1945, it had raised $15 million for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. Manson and the unit remained a tight-knit bunch through the years, getting together for reunions, the last being in 1997 at Sardi's in Manhattan, and their numbers had dwindled to 45. Following WWII, Manson appeared in movies and on Broadway in plays, until 1955 when he was called before a House Un-American Activities panel in New York that was set up to investigate Communists in the theater. Manson refused to answer questions, citing the First, Fifth and even the Ninth Amendments, and his belief in privacy, stating, "I feel that these matters lie within a province that is hallowed, and that I spent five years in the Army for. On screen in other movies including Cop Hater (1958); Montanna (1998). Manson became a character actor on televison programs beginning in the early 1960's, until his death. Played Vic Price on the soap

Spoiler : The Edge Of Night (1964); Ken Emerson on the soap (1964-1968). Continuing role in the soap As The World Turns (1968).