Wissenswertes

Spent much of his retirement in Portland, Oregon, where he hosted an annual Oscar Night Benefit to support community service programs for the needy.

Younger brother of Rex Reason.

In 1956, he filmed a half-hour TV-pilot in which he and John Smith played commercial divers named, respectively, "Tom Gorman" and "Mike Gilbert". This setting afforded ample opportunities for "beefcake" shots, as the actors often appeared wearing snug-fitting swimsuits. Titled "Sea Divers", this pilot did not sell, but it foreshadowed Lloyd Bridges' Abenteuer unter Wasser (1958) series, which came along a year or two later and enjoyed a long life in syndication.

In November 2000, he was a guest at the Asheville Film Festival (now called the Western North Carolina Film Festival) at Asheville, North Carolina, along with Pamela Sue Martin, Julie Parrish, Elizabeth MacRae, James Whitmore, Soupy Sales, Pat Priest, Noreen Nash and Peggy Moran.

Ex-brother-in-law of Sanita Pelkey.