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His on-camera career usually found him playing bullies, but oddly enough, after his on-camera career dried up he found work playing just the opposite, doing voices for gentle, simple-minded cartoon characters. His surviving daughter, Jennifer, is the mother of his grandson, Jon Hanson Jr. Retired from acting in the late 1990s. Got a job in radio sound effects with NBC at the onset of his career. He also did a nightclub act using his talent with voices and appeared on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio show and won. Attended Columbia University and earned his degree in journalism before serving a hitch in the Navy. Played Al the Plumber in the 1970s Liquid-Plumr commercials, a gig that lasted 15 years. Was in the original Broadway cast of "Stalag 17" in the early 1950s when he came to the attention of Phil Silvers for his classic Army-based TV show. Has a daughter, Jennifer, and a grandson.