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Lived in a castle-styled mansion in Las Vegas, replete with live-in strippers.

American independent producer, writer and director of exploitation and horror movies.

Started out as a magician, acrobat and fire eater before becoming a documentary film maker in the 1950s.

His dream project for many years was a film adaptation of "Beowulf", to star Arnold Schwarzenegger who he knew as a fellow bodybuilding enthusiast.

Father of Ted V. Mikels Jr..

Always wore his large tooth around his neck.

As of June 2003, he was running a film and video production studio (TVM Studios) in Las Vegas, NV.