- Introduced to Lawrence Welk by mutual friends, the Schafers, on a golf course in North Dakota.
- Served in the US Army as Second Lieutenant, stationed in Panama during the Vietnam conflict.
- Has shared his Christian testimony on The 700 Club (1966), Robert H. Schuller's The Hour of Power (1970) and the Billy Graham Crusades.
- Attended the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis where he studied architecture
- Can speak fluent French
- Made his first appearance on The Lawrence Welk Show (1955) at Christmas 1973.
- Starred as Curly in Oklahoma at the Sacramento Music Circus and as Billy Bigelow in Carousel with the Birmingham Symphony.
- According to his book "In The Morning Of My Life" he arrived in the U.S.A. from Munich when he was nine months old. He spent early childhood in various Army bases in the U.S.A. before his parents settled in Bloomington,Minnesota.
- Performs regularly at the State Theater in Williamsburg, Virginia (2003)
- appears regularly at The Mountain Village Inn and Hotel in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. (2006)
- Performs regularly at the Music Theatre of Williamsburg in Williamsburg, Virginia. (December 2003)
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