Curiosidades

Although he was draft exempt, owing to an earlier in life physical injury, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps out of patriotism and later served in the battle of Okinawa during WWII. Under contract to MGM at the time, boss Louis B. Mayer was furious with him for enlisting, just as the studio was promoting him as a star, and he was dropped.

While at Warners, Lundigan's 'voice with a smile in it' narration was used in several of the classic 1940s Looney Tunes cartoons.

Is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, Plot: D, L269, 3.

In 1963 and 1964, Lundigan joined fellow actors Walter Brennan, Chill Wills, and Efrem Zimbalist Jr., in making appearances on behalf of U.S. Senator Barry M. Goldwater, the Republican nominee in the campaign against U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson.

Initially planned to go into law.

He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps for World War II and served as a combat cameraman in the Battle of Peleliu and the Battle of Okinawa, returning at war's end as a Corporal. He was wounded on Okinawa.

A graduate of Nottingham High School, Lundigan studied law at Syracuse University, earning money as a radio announcer at WFBL. He graduated and passed the bar examination before events changed his career path.

Has physical features and mannerisms similar to those of Joel McCrea.

His father, Michael F. Lundigan, owned a shoe store (at which Lundigan worked)[4] in the same building as a local radio station, WFBL. Becoming fascinated by radio, he was playing child roles on radio and producing radio plays at 16.

Father: Michael Paul Lundigan; Mother: Martha Elizabeth O'Brien.