Trivia

Older brother of actor James Stacy and Carolyn Elias. Uncle of Heather Elias. Ex-brother-in-law of Connie Stevens and Kim Darby.

Feature film and television actor and stuntman Louie Nicholas Elias Jr. was born on November 21, 1933, raised in Burbank, California, within the shadow of the Warner Bros. and Columbia Pictures' studio exterior sound stages and their back-lots, forming the backdrop of his childhood, to a dad whose jobs shifted between a Hollywood caterer and a bookie, and a mom who wasn't your warm and fuzzy type. "Action Louie" learned quick and fast how to survive the Burbank streets. His charisma got him out of many scrapes, but where charm failed, he earned a reputation as a kid not to mess with, and in one shape or another that formed the story line of his life.

When beauty queen Carol Lilly stood up Louie for a date, she unknowingly sparked the cornerstone of his existence: don't back down! They eloped to Las Vegas on Halloween night in 1955. Five children later their home bustled with vibrancy and cacophony. Their marriage spiked between love, loyalty and glamour and the betrayal of human foibles. By 1975 they separated, found their way back together in 1983, separated again but never divorced. Their love and devotion to their family remained a central theme of their lives.