Anecdotes

Made frequent cameo appearances in his "Police Academy" movies.

After an overseas tour of duty in the US Army, he later served as a volunteer in Israel's Six-Day War.

A 1954 alumnus of Washington & Lee University in Lexington, VA.

Played the trumpet and was a member of the Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band.

Played jazz for a living while briefly attending law school in New York.