Appeared on Broadway with Bernadette Peters in the revival of Annie Get Your Gun.
Beat out Dennis Quaid and Gerald McRaney for the role of Luke Duke on "The Dukes of Hazzard" (1979).
Enjoys fishing for bass, panfish and large carp.
Like his character Luke Duke, he spent time living on a farm. He grew up on a Wisconsin dairy farm with his six brothers and sisters but no cousins or uncles.
Once hosted his own show on TNN/The Nashville Network).
Reunited with John Schneider on an episode of Schneider's "Smallville" (2001).
Was nominated for Broadway's 1999 Tony Award as best actor (musical) for a revival of Annie Get Your Gun.