- According to the 1998 Guinness Book of World Records, he portrayed 3,395 roles in theater, film, and television since 1951.
- Was also a hand model.
- He was raised in East Harlem, New York City.
- He served in the United States Air Force during World War II and studied music at a university in Mexico City, Mexico.
- Father of Ross Leighton of Queens, New York from his second wife, Ruth Markowe.
- Father of Hallie Leighton, of New York City, from his third wife, Lynda Myles.
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