- His proudest achievement was his development and producing of An Early Frost (1985), a controversial TV movie about AIDS. The censors felt that middle heterosexual America was not ready for a show of this nature. It finally was shown after 13 rewrites.
- Father of Marcy Lafferty; father-in-law of William Shatner during Shatner and Marcy's marriage.
- Former father-in-law of William Shatner. His daughter, Marcy Lafferty, was married to Shatner from 1973 until they were divorced in 1996.
- He began writing mystery novels after his retirement.
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