Generally speaking, March was an amazingly affable performer. His characters were generally common-folk, as though you might like sitting and chatting with him in a bar or coffee shop.

I do prefer his comedies, as with “I Married a Witch” and “Nothing Sacred.” Didn’t much care for his portrayal of Rear Admiral Tarrant in “The Bridges at Toko-Ri.” He seemed to get far too anti-war philosophical for a career warrior, and far too vocal about it on the bridge of a war ship. Unrealistic.

“Death Takes a Holiday” was a hoot-n-a-half, as my mother would say.

For drama, his “Death of a Salesman,” “A Star Is Born” and “The Eagle and the Hawk” hit all the right marks.

Dana Andrews was okay but he pales in comparison to March.

I thought the guy who played the vet who lost his hands was a bad actor and probably got the part to add realism to the role in a time when special effects were primitive. He was a vet who lost his hands in a training accident, For years I thought he lost them in combat but not so, (not to imply his loss was was any less). He had a mini-career playing disabled vets in several post war films.