- As of 2022, he has produced five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983), Goodfellas (1990) and The Irishman (2019). Of those, Rocky (1976) is a winner in the category.
- Uncle of well-known computer science theorist William Gasarch.
- Worked frequently with Robert Chartoff.
- Named John Ford's The Searchers (1956) as his all-time favorite film in an AFI poll.
- He has produced five films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant": Point Blank (1967) (uncredited), Rocky (1976), Raging Bull (1980), The Right Stuff (1983) and Goodfellas (1990).
- Grandfather of Maya Winkler.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on April 28, 2000.
- Father-in-law of Sandra Nelson
- His future grave is at Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles.
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