- Has a B.A. in English Literature from Harvard University. He was accepted at Columbia Law School but a Harvard professor recommended him to playwright Derek Washburn for the off-Broadway play, "The Love Nest". While working in New York City on soap operas, he attended New York University Law School (1982-1983).
- U.S. Army, Private First Class, 1954-1956
- In the early years of his career, he was frequently misidentified in the press as Monte Markham, to whom he bore a strong resemblance early on.
- Upon his death, he was cremated and his ashes returned to his wife.
- Son of Norman Haskell, a noted scientist.
- Attended Browne & Nichols prep school in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Incisive American actor, primarily on television. Best remembered in the leading role of producer Kevin Grant in NBC's Bracken's World (1969), and as the ruthless billionaire Charles Estep, a chief nemesis of Rudy Jordache in Rich Man, Poor Man - Book II (1976) (both featured actress Laraine Stephens).
- Along with Brad Dourif, Jennifer Tilly and Alex Vincent, Haskell is the only other actor to have appeared in more than one of the "Child's Play" franchise films.
- Father of a son, Jason.
- Father of daughter, Audra Haskell.
- Like a majority of actors, he was a lifelong liberal Democrat.
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