Had pro football try-outs for the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins.
Played college football at Loyola Marymount University; then semi-pro for the Eagle Rock Athletic Club.
Attended the 2006 Twilight Zone Convention at the Hilton Hasbrouck
Heights, Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey, August 12-13, 2006.
On March 10, 1953 he knocked-out Claude Hudgins at the Olympic
Auditorium in Los Angeles, California in 3 rounds.
On April 1, 1953 he lost by knockout in 2 rounds to Fred Taylor at the
Olympic Auditorium.
A distant Relative of Yakima Canutt who taught him the stunt profession in the late forties.
Portrayed 'Battling Bruno' in the season 5, episode 19 of Hogan's Heroes. This episode is where Sergeant Kinchloe ("Kinch") is in a professional fight with the German's best fighter.