He worked as a news person for KVIL radio station in Dallas, Texas, later worked for the Dallas County sheriff's office in their communications department.
His very first film credit experience and his very last (as of May 2022) deals with the assassination of President Kennedy. His film debut was as an unnamed character in the fictional The Trial of Lee Harvey Oswald (1977) while in JFK (1991) he played Abraham Zapruder, known for his register during the Kennedy assassination.