Anecdotes

He was considered for the role of Fred Krueger in Wes Craven's Les Griffes de la nuit (1984).

In the late '50s, Hess had a stab (no pun intended) at a pop-music career under the name David Hill. Two of his Kapp Records singles, "Two Brothers" and "Living Doll" (a cover of the Cliff Richard hit) scraped into the Hot 100 in 1959.

He was awarded the 2007 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actor in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Shenandoah" at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Alive and well and living in Northern California. Making personal appearances for his new album, "Caught Up In The Moment." (février 2002)

Father of Jesse Hess.