- Met his wife on a blind date.
- Retired to San Diego in 1963
- Made his movie debut on To Each His Own (1946).
- Handsome blond, blue-eyed actor who started out promisingly in engaging romantic leads in the late '40s, but settled quickly into playing stuffed shirts and the third wheel in love triangles.
- Vice-president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1950-59.
- Received much acclaim for his performance as Yank in "The Hasty Heart" on Broadway.
- After Edmond O'Brien left the show, Lund became the new Johnny Dollar on CBS Radio's "Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar." He starred in the series from 1952 till 1954.
- An advertising man in New York City at the time, he was asked by a friend to appear in an industrial show during the 1939 World's Fair. He got hooked and two years later was appearing on Broadway in "As You Like It".
- Had several connections to Ronald Reagan, He was born the same day as Reagan. The first two years Lund was Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild (1950-52) were the last two years Reagan was its President for the first time. Another connection was that he originated the role of 'Yank' in "The Hasty Heart" on Broadway--which Reagan would go on to play in the movie version, The Hasty Heart (1949).
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