- David and his wife, Laraine Stephens, both worked on his television movie Power (1980), she acting and he executive-producing.
- Served as a radio gunner on a B-17 during World War II which was shot down over Germany that resulted in his becoming a prisoner of war.
- President of the television division of three major studios: 20th Century Fox, Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- Attended and graduated from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Television at 1637 Vine Street in Hollywood, California on January 11, 2006.
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