Professional Artist - his art work has been published internationally in books and greeting cards. He works in Oil, Watercolor, Acrylic, Pastel and Casein. His paintings are in numerous private and corporate collections.
5th Cousin 3x removed from Franklin Delano Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States); 5th Cousin 5x removed from George Washington (1st President of the United States); 6th Cousin 1x removed from Frances Gumm (Judy Garland), 11th Cousin Queen Elizabeth.
Studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in Pasadena, CA.
Sang Off-Broadway with Equity Library Theater and Light Opera of Manhattan. Sang opera with the Kansas City Lyric Opera.
Worked as a waiter at Sardi's and the Rainbow Room in New York City before making Off-Broadway singing debut in musicals and light opera.
His first job after graduation from college was as a news anchor for an ABC affiliate in Missouri.