- Was a folk musician, war-plant worker and an actor prior to becoming a director.
- Was a veteran member of the Directors Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, and the Screen Actors Guild.
- Directed the fictionalized account of the "trial" of President John F. Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had he lived, aptly titled The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1964), and Down on Us (1984), which depicted a secret government plot behind the deaths of rock idols Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Jim Morrison.
- Had reportedly completed shooting his final film "The Copper Scroll of Mary Magdalene" which was based on the life of Jesus at the time of his death.
- Offbeat producer and director of low-budget '60s sci-fi films (Mars Needs Women (1968)) and other exploitative tales of interest (Common Law Wife (1961)).
- When Attack of the Eye Creatures (1967) was re-released some years later, its opening credits displayed the film's new title in very large letters: "Attack of the the Eye Creatures".
- Father of Barry Buchanan.
- First professional job was as a writer on The Gabby Hayes Show (1950).
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