On television , he portrayed retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin in the 1976 adaptation of Aldrin 's autobiographic Return to Earth , played a fictional character based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 adaptation of John Ehrlichman 's Watergate novel The Company , and portrayed Henry Ford in the 1987 Ford : The Man and the Machine .
He played a role based on Director of Central Intelligence Richard Helms in the 1977 movie based on John Ehrlichman 's Watergate novel The Company .