- Served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1965-69 . In 1967 he deployed to Vietnam with a newly formed unit, the 1st Searchlight Battery. The Battery was attached to the 12th Marine Regiment (artillary). There were 18 searchlights in the Battery and were deployed across the I Corps area (roughly from Da Nang to the DMZ) . The Battery was in 38 combat operations. Was awarded the Marine Corps Combat Action Ribbon.
- Roots to the entertainment business go back to his parents, Charles and Elena "Jimmie" Redlick, who both worked at radio station WHN in New York during the mid 1930s. Charles produced a jazz program. Jimmie was the receptionist for Major Bowes' "The Original Amateur Hour". Friends of the family included: Lew Wasserman, Jules Stein, Lyle Wheeler,George Slaff (Samuel Goldwyn's attorney), Sidney Korshak, Sophie Tucker, Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor & Charlie Correll (Amos & Andy). Attraction to the business began when he met director/writer Billy Wilder, when he was 15 on set of Irma la Douce, being filmed at Samuel Goldwyn Studios. Uncle of animator /filmmaker Dillon Markey. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps (1965-1969) and spent 1 year in Vietnam (1967-1968).
- In 1974 he interviewed for a job at American Zoetrope (San Francisco). "The Conservation" was in post-production and "Godfather II" was in pre-production. The interview was with Ed Imparato and it was done in Francis Coppola's office. On the corner table next to the sofa was the Oscar for GF I. Ed said he liked having interviews in Francis' office to show off the Oscar. In 1974 answering machines were not a commodity (he didn't have one) and he missed the call about employment as an electrician on GF II.
- Uncle of Animator/film maker Dillon Markey.
- SAG Foundation BookPAL.
- Joined SAG-AFTRA in 2011.
- Worked at Cisco Systems from 2000-2004 as a Service and Support Manager on the Intel Corp account , worldwide. He traveled to 7 countries implementing best practices and in Fiscal Year 2002 was awarded the Right Stuff Award (1 of 3 awarded globally ) .
- In January 1973, he attended Larry Booth's "The Film School" in Half Moon Bay, CA He studied 16mm film production with another student, Paul Stojanovich, who became a producer on the TV reality show "COPS", in 1989.
- Second cousin once removed is writer Irving Vendig (b. 1902) who worked on 4,908 episodes of The Edge of Night.
- Lifetime member of the 3D Marine Division Association, Golden Gate Chapter. 3D Marine Division was the division he deployed to Vietnam. Over the course of his 4 year enlistment, he served with the 1st and 2nd Marine Divisions.
- In 1991, while at in a Corte Madera, CA park, Bill Graham (famous impresario, rock concert promoter and actor from the 1960's) asked him if he wanted to join in a softball game (which he did). Bill Graham died not long after when the helicopter he was traveling in hit a high voltage tower on the south west side of Highway 37, in Sonoma County.
- In 1969 he was a client of attorney George Moscone, then a California State Senator. Moscone went on to be Mayor of San Francisco in 1974 and was assassinated in office on November 27, 1978, by former San Francisco Board of Supervisor Dan White, who also assassinated Supervisor Harvey Milk.
- He did 5 parachute jumps at Yolo Drop Zone, Davis, CA in October and September 1979. His instructor was George Morar, who did nearly 3000 jumps over 20 years. He had trained over 75,000 students. George died on Dec. 12, 1983 when his chute accidentally deployed in the plane.
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