Trivia

Attended the University of Arizona-Tucson on a football scholarship.

In 1965 he was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis, a muscle disorder, which forced him to retire from performing. The illness went into remission in 1985.

Was talked into asking his first wife, Victoria Shaw, to marry him by Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher.

In 1963 he left 77 Sunset Strip (1958) after doctors discovered a blood clot in his brain.

Married Ann-Margret at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas.

Children by first wife Victoria Shaw: daughter Tracey (born 3 July 1957), son Jordan (born 4 October 1958), and son Dallas (born 23 December 1961). He obtained sole custody of them in 1973.

Better known as husband/manager of Ann-Margret.