As of September 2005 was executive director of Ballet Magnificat! in
Jackson, MS. Still plays the drums and spends time in the
recording studio.
Before I Love Lucy (1951), he was a professional drummer since age 3. He never had any professional training with drumming. As a child he played drums with the Horace Heidt orchestra.
Profiled in the book "X Child Stars: Where Are They Now?" by Kathy Garver and Fred Ascher. (2016)
Briefly attended Saint Jane Frances DeChantel school in North
Hollywood, California and Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks,
California.