- Was engaged to Martha Raye in 1937.
- Served as a combat photographer in the U.S. Army during World War II, earning himself a Purple Heart when he was wounded during the landing at Leyte in the Philippines.
- Third wife Dorothy was a classically trained pianist who worked with several famous composers before her death.
- Father of voice-over actor Jay Hopper.
- A former Paramount editor before becoming a director, he was the cousin of Glenda Farrell.
- Former radio writer and casting director. Directed films for Paramount and Universal in the 1950s. Subsequently worked in television.
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