- Father of actress Kaitlin Hopkins. Kaitlin took the last name of her stepfather, British writer John Hopkins.
- Primarily a stage producer on Broadway ("You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"), Gene was a juvenile film actor who appeared as one of Kettle children in a few of the "Ma and Pa Kettle" film series during the 50s.
- He produced the L.A. stage and British film version of Dutchman (1966), which starred his then-wife, actress Shirley Knight. Ms. Knight won the Venice Film Festival award for this film.
- He is the father of Lukas Persson and Markus Persson of New York City, New York.
- He was the son of Oscar Persson and Leah Krascoff.
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