Trivia

Retired for 20 years after his first child was born to raise her in a normal life.

First was seen on screen because his father did not want to risk another baby being hurting in a stunt.

His blond hair often type cast him as a German Soldier.

He sang and dance uncredited in many musicals of the 40's,50's and early 60's.

His mother was and Osage Indian which often cast him as a halfbreed in westerns.

He is left handed and while wearing a gun belt on camera walking or using the gun in westerns when he is on a horse he wears a right handed one.

His blond hair often cost him roles.

He is also a award winning journalist covering auto, consumer electronics and doing movie and TV show reviews.

While can't read music plays the piano, guitar, Sax ,trumpet, flute and drums and creates and scores his own music for productions.

On his news side he and his daughter have produced more then 70 news items vetted for use on CNN under the names Oldecam and Notaspringchick.

There were times while on Location he was forced to act as translator from English to German and German to English.

More then 50% of the westerns he was in either no longer exist or only exist in cut-up TV versions.

In over 80 years of work has done small parts in over 1,000 projects and done more then 1,000 newscasts.