Author of the 2005 memoir, "My Hit Parade...and a Few Misses," published by BearManor Media.
Enlisted as a private in the U.S. Army on 3 March 1942 during World War II.
Singer, songwriter and radio actor who had a secondary screen career under contract to Warner Brothers from the early 1940's, appearing primarily in westerns. Between 1952 and 1957, was regularly featured on NBC TV's "Your Hit Parade".