- Son of cinematographer Benjamin H. Kline
- Served in the U.S. Navy from 1944-46.
- Worked on five films of the director Richard Fleischer.
- Nephew of cinematographers Phil Rosen and Sol Halperin
- Talks extensively about his 1950s boss, producer Sam Katzman, in the book "A Sci-Fi Swarm and Horror Horde" (McFarland & Co., 2010) by Tom Weaver.
- Interviewed about working on Columbia's Charles Starrett Westerns in the 1940s in the book "Wild Wild Westerners" by Tom Weaver (BearManor, 2012).
- Started his career in the camera department at Columbia Pictures after he graduated from high school in 1943.
- One of his uncles, Phil Rosen, co-founded the American Society of Cinematographers in 1919 and served as its first president.
- He was let go on Star Trek the Motion Picture when Abel and Associates were replaced by Trumbull.
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