- Served in the US Marine Corps during World War II as a flight instructor.
- His stepdaughter is Sally Field. In her autobiography, "In Pieces" (2018), she accused him of sexually abusing her when she was a child until the age of 14.
- The movies' oldest Tarzan (he was 44 when he filmed Tarzan's Three Challenges (1963)).
- His remains were cremated and his ashes scattered into the sea.
- Was briefly engaged to Yvonne De Carlo in 1949, but she broke off the engagement following a miscarriage.
- He was famous among stuntmen for his concern for safety and preparation. If he was offered a stunt he carefully assessed the surroundings and props, and if he agreed, other stuntmen often tried to undercut his price. Hower, if he refused, no other stuntman would attempt it--if he said "No", everyone knew it wasn't safe.
- He had a daughter, Princess O'Mahoney, and two stepchildren, Richard and Sally Field, with Margaret Field and later, three more stepchildren, Carl Botefuhr, Angela Botefuhr and Andrea Botefuhr by his marriage to Autumn Russell.
- Early in his acting career he was featured in several shorts by The Three Stooges. Because of his excellence as a stuntman, he was able to take all the falls and bumps required of a Stooges co-star and usually played an awkward but well-meaning bumbler.
- He starred in a Durango Kid movie that was never released.
- He had two children with Lorraine O'Donnell: Kathleen and Jim.
- He later played Yancee Derrenger in a TV series.
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