At age 67, sent an intruder tumbling to the pavement below with a hit on the forehead after the man had who entered Ligon's Greenwich Village apartment through the window one August afternoon in 2013.
He and friend Sam Waterston shared a New York City apartment in the early 1960s when they were struggling young actors, splitting rent of $25 a month. Waterson left to get married.
Plays H. C. Curry in "The Rainmaker" play by N. Richard Nash
directed by Tim Vasen (Center Stage, Baltimore, Maryland, USA). (June 2003)
Playing the Tiger in Rajiv Joseph's "Bengal Tiger at the
Baghdad Zoo," directed by Giovanna Sardelli, at the Lark Theatre, New
York City. (March 2007)
Appearing in Tad Mosel's "All the Way Home" for
Transport Group, directed by Jack Cummings III, at the Connelly
Theatre, New York City. (November 2006)
Appearing in The Audience, directed by Jack Cummings III
for Transport Group, at the Connelly Theatre, New York City. (April 2005)