Though born in New York City, Ty was raised in Texas and, after military service during the Korean War, took some classes at Texas A&M. He then moved west to California and won some minor roles in B movies. When TV's Clint Walker insisted on improvements in his Cheyenne (1955) contract, Warner Brothers countered by bringing in Ty as a possible replacement. Soon, Ty had his own show, Bronco (1958), which ran from 1958 to 1962. From here, he moved into a brief flurry of film activity: Durchbruch auf Befehl (1962) and Die Sex-Reportage (1962) in 1962, Patrouillenboot PT 109 (1963), Wall of Noise (1963), and Palm Springs Weekend (1963) in 1963, and Die letzte Schlacht (1965) in 1966. After this, Ty's career drifted off into a series of forgettable movies made in Europe and, later, he worked in Prescott, Arizona, as an evangelistic preacher. Though often dismissed as just a hunk of "beefcake" -- he did a lot of bare-chest scenes -- Ty displayed a flair for light comedy in Die Sex-Reportage (1962) and showed dramatic potential in the underrated Wall of Noise (1963).
