A screen actor with more than 200 credits, Auberjonois was most famous for portraying characters in the main casts of several long-running television series, including Clayton Endicott III on "Benson" (1979–1986), for which he was an Emmy Award nominee, and Paul Lewiston on "Boston Legal" (2004–2008). In films, Auberjonois portrayed Father Mulcahy in the film version of "M*A*S*H" (1970); the expedition scientist Roy Bagley in "King Kong" (1976); Chef Louis in "The Little Mermaid" (1989), in which he sang "Les Poissons"; and Reverend Oliver in "The Patriot" (2000). In the American animated musical comedy film "Cats Don't Dance" (1997), Auberjonois voiced Flanagan.