Trivia

He appeared seven times on Barney Miller (1975), never playing the same character twice.

Don Calfa, the Mortician in 'The Return of the Living Dead,' played Ernie the embalmer in the cult classic, was a hit man in 'Weekend at Bernie's.' Calfa was cast by some of the top directors of his time, including Peter Bogdanovich (1976's Nickelodeon), Martin Scorsese (1977's New York, New York), Blake Edwards (1979's 10), Steven Spielberg (1979's 1941), Bob Rafelson (the 1981 remake of The Postman Always Rings Twice) and Barry Levinson (1991's Bugsy).

In February 2013 he was in Birmingham, United Kingdon, to attend the Back to the Theatre Film Screenings, double screening of El regreso de los muertos vivientes (1985) and Resurrección satánica (1985) at the Custard Factory Theatre, Birmingham, as a special guest along with Graham Humphreys.

Was sharing an apartment with Richard Lynch in 1967 at the time of Lynch's LSD-fueled accident.

Originally set to play the character "Col Peck" in La revancha de los muertos vivientes (1993) but had to pull out due to personal reasons.

Hosted, wrote, produced and directed radio shows for WBAI in NYC in 1960s.

Auditioned for the role of "Doc Mandel" in Regreso de los muertos vivientes, segunda parte (1988). The role went to Philip Bruns.

In November 2007 he was in the UK for first UK Convention at Winter Memorabilia Show at the NEC Birmingham.