Maharis was born on Sept. 1, 1928, in Astoria, Queens. He was one of seven children to Greek immigrants.He attended Flushing High School and spent 18 months with the US Marines before he began studying at the Actors Studio.
He then portrayed an underground freedom fighter in the 1960 film “Exodus,” before taking on the role of a gambler who mistreated his wife on the CBS soap opera “Search for Tomorrow”Things started shaping up for Maharis when he was featured on a 1959 episode of “Naked City” as a character who longed to see the world, which set the groundwork for him to later become Buz Murdock on “Route 66,” a spin-off of “Naked City” that shared its same creator Stirling Silliphant.
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