Helped found the Showboat
Dinner Theatre in Woodland Hills, CA, along with second wife Ann Dickinson. He created several
other local theater groups, including The Horizon Players in Simi
Valley, CA.
Wrote and produced shows while in high school at a local theater, and
subsequently earned a bachelor's degree in English from Santa Clara
University.
While serving as a chaplain's assistant in the Navy in San Diego, he
performed at the city's Globe Theatre.