- His specialty has been producing and directing musical and variety specials. In addition to his work behind the camera, he was also one of the managers of singer/actor Rick Springfield.
- Honored at the Rock 'n Roll Museum in Cleveland, Ohio at a special showing of Elvis: The Comeback Special (1968).
- Discovered and signed Seals & Crofts in 1971.
- Directed one Oscar nominated performance: James Whitmore in Give 'em Hell, Harry! (1975).
- Received the Professional Skating Association's prestigious Edi Award for Best Producer of a TV Skating Special 1999 for Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney's 'Mulan' (1998) starring Michelle Kwan for CBS and ABC.
- Honored for his work at the Museum of Television in New York and Beverly Hills in an evening devoted to his body of work.
- Interviewed in the following books: "The Colonel: The Extraordinary Story of Colonel Tom Parker & Elvis Presley" by Alanna Nash (Simon & Schuster, 2003); "Directing For Television: Conversations with American TV Directors" (Scarecrow Press, 1999); "Careless Love" by Peter Guralnick (Little Brown And Company, 1999); "Down At The End Of Lonely Street" by Peter Harry Brown and Pat H. Broeske (Dutton, 1997); "The Inner Elvis" by Peter Whitmer, PhD (Hyperion, 1996); "Tales from the Casting Couch" (Dove Books, 1995); "Live TV: An Inside Look At Directing & Producing" by Tony Verna (Focal Press, 1987); "Elvis" by Albert Goldman (McGraw-Hill, 1981); "Elvis" by Jerry Hopkins (Simon & Schuster, 1971).
- Awarded an honorary PHd (Doctorate of Humane Letters) from Columbia College of Hollywood in 2006.
- Partner in Talent Associates and named to head the live and tape television division on both coasts. 1969.
- President of TA Records a division of Norton Simon, Inc. 1969.
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