Attended the Celebritymeetandgreet.com in Buena Park, California, on 1/13/07 to help benefit the Breast Cancer Fund.
Co-founder of spoken-word performance group, Celestial Navigations, along with musician Geoff Levin.
Ex-father-in-law of Stephen Berra.
Excellent and well-known character actor, is probably best known for his half-dozen guest star appearances in Clint Eastwood films, including Bronco Billy (1980), High Plains Drifter (1973), Every Which Way But Loose (1978), etc.
Father of ten children including actors Dierdre Lewis, Lightfield Lewis, Juliette Lewis, Producer Brandy Lewis, Peter Lewis and Matthew Lewis, .
Father-in-law of Ethan Suplee.
He is a firearms enthusiast who reloads his own ammunition and owns a custom-built Terry Tussey 1911 .45.
He played characters in two different films about President Theodore Roosevelt; The Wind and the Lion (1975) and the made-for-television Rough Riders (1997) (TV).
Studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse NYC.
Was guest at Lone Pine Film Festival, Lone Pine CA. October 2008.
Won Best Actor at the 2006 California Independent Film Festival Slate Awards for his role in Old Man Music.