- His second wife's name is Ginger, the famous character name of his ex-wife Tina Louise; internationally known as "Ginger" on Gilligan's Island.
- In 1964, he had the Rolling Stones on his talk show, in their first TV appearance in the US. Other guests included Bob Dylan, Malcolm X, and Alabama governor George Wallace.
- San Francisco TV talk-show host who scored a #8 hit in December of 1971 with his spoken-word recording of Max Ehrmann's classic poem, "Desiderata," which won for him the Grammy for "Best Spoken Word Recording" of 1971.
- Father of Caprice Crane.
- Later in life, he joined the budding computer software business. He headed The Software Toolworks, and helped to develop widely-used programs such as the Chessmaster games.
- His single "Desiderata" became a #4 hit in Australia in December 1971.
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