- Desi Arnaz gave him the stage name Richard Keith.
- He is the last surviving regular cast member of I Love Lucy (1951).
- As of September 2005 was executive director of Ballet Magnificat! in Jackson, MS. Still plays the drums and spends time in the recording studio.
- Before I Love Lucy (1951), he was a professional drummer since age 3. He never had any professional training with drumming. As a child he played drums with the Horace Heidt orchestra.
- Profiled in the book "X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?" by Kathy Garver and Fred Ascher. (2016)
- Briefly attended Saint Jane Frances DeChantel school in North Hollywood, California and Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California.
- One daughter: Tara
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