- 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.
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