Became friends with Lillian Gish after he wrote to her as a student studying
at Keene University in 1961 and they remained friends until Lillian's
death in 1993. In 2000 his book, 'Lillian Gish: A Life on Stage and
Screen', was published.
Since 1968, he has been the pianist for silent film showings in the Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1 at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.