At the time of his death in 2018 he was the longest-living cast member of Cinderella (1950).
Served in the Navy for three years during World War II.
Charles Laughton as a highly regarded drama teacher, whose students included Albert Finney and William Phipps, would play Billie Holiday records for his students as an illustration of vocal inflection techniques.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's books "Attack of the Monster Movie Makers"
(McFarland & Co., 1994) and "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010).