Unsold pilot: He starred in a pilot for a western series called "Crossroad Avengers--The Adventures of the Tucson Kid". Tom Keene co-starred, and it was written and directed by Edward D. Wood Jr.
While simultaneously working as a western hero, he was also a
weightlifting champion. Once considered the strongest man in America,
he won the national AAU weight-lifting championship in 1928 (he lifted
760 lbs.) and made the 1928 U.S. Olympic team.
