 Acting from the mid-1960s to the mid-1980s, including 1975's "The Stepford Wives" as Walter Eberhart, since then he concentrated mostly on directing and producing.Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is his daughter; she appeared with her father in "The Stepford Wives", playing one of his daughters.His other acting credits include roles in "Ambush Bay" (1966), "In the Heat of the Night" (1967), "Counterpoint" (1968), "Von Richthofen and Brown" (1971), "Tomorrow" (1972), "The Exorcist" (1973), "Man on a Swing" (1974), and "Gardens of Stone" (1987).