
Acting
Symonds was born in Bristow, Oklahoma, the son of Nellie (née Barry) and Walter Stout Symonds. He married Elizabeth Janel Kaderli in 1952 and had three children; Victoria, Barry, and Rebecca. He and Janel divorced in 1969. He was married to actress Priscilla Pointer from 1980 until his death and was the step-father of actress Amy Irving and her siblings, David and Katie. He was the father of Vicki Morrison, Barry Symonds, and Becca Wooldridge.
He died on the morning of August 23, 2007, aged 80, from complications of prostate cancer.

Catch Me If You Can
as Mr. Rosen

Inferno
as Henry Howard

Primary Colors
as Bart Nilson

Mandroid
as Karl Zimmer

C.H.U.D. II: Bud the Chud
as Proctor
Carly's Web
as Sen. Moreland

Crimewave
as Guard #1

The Ice Pirates
as Lanky Nibs

Micki & Maude
as Ezra Hutchison

Superstition
as Pike

Cold Case
as Ted Chester (2006) · 1 ep.

Alias
as Second Man · 1 ep.

ER
as Jay Jackson · 1 ep.

Quantum Leap
as Dr. Wickless · 1 ep.

Jake and the Fatman
as Judge A. Davis (uncredited) · 2 ep.

thirtysomething
1 ep.

Beauty and the Beast
as Alan Taft · 1 ep.

Airwolf
as Adrian Paley · 1 ep.

Knight Rider
as Cat Holliday · 1 ep.

Cheers
as Mr. Brubaker · 1 ep.
Inferno
1999