I tried to find a clip of him singing and only could find this clip of him -- it's not in Music Man, but you can see his lady's man confidence, his ease at being on stage, his vocal phrasing, lightness on his feet, twinkle in the eye and approachable masculinity would have made him a very strong Harold Hill indeed. He must have been wonderful!
Thanks for that! Yeah, I agree that he looks like he would have been an excellent Harold Hill, - moving well, very at ease on stage, good rhythm, confident among other qualities that serve the role. I think that's Janet Leigh at the start, and he's joined at the end by his "F Troop" co-stars Larry Storch and Ken Berry.
