Jazz musician, television actor and developmental research psychologist Roger V. Burton is dead. He was 90. He died on November 30 at his home in Santa Monica, variety.com reported.

Burton began as a professional jazz trombonist at the age of 11, playing in big bands and on studio film soundtracks. Earning himself the nickname "Schoolboy" for doing homework between set breaks, he started college at University of Southern California at the age of 16 and graduated with a BA and BM in music, as well as an MA in Sciences.