- A former Golden Gloves boxer.
- Has resided in a Motion Picture & Television Fund long-term nursing home since suffering a massive stroke in 2004.
- He made guest appearances on both of the longest running prime time dramas in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955) and New York - Police judiciaire (1990).
- Was originally a journalist who worked his way up from copy boy to sports reporter for "The Newark Star Ledger" and worked as a staff writer for Australia's "Sunday Morning Herald".
- Suffered a massive stroke before filming the mystery thriller La neuvième porte (1999).
- He passed away on the same day of Francis Ford Coppola's 81st birthday. They both collaborated in Conversation secrète (1974), Coup de coeur (1981) and Cotton Club (1984).
- Studied acting with both Lee Strasberg and Elia Kazan.
- Favorite personal film was Conversation secrète (1974).
- Studied acting at The Beverly Hills Playhouse
- His only lead role was in the sports drama Skateboard (1978), although most people went to see the movie because of his teenage co-star Leif Garrett.
- Son of Alice (Lavroff) and Philip Goorwitz.
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