His clients included Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Clint Eastwood, Bill Cosby, Kim Novak, Barbara Stanwyck, Loretta Young, Andy Griffith, and Natalie Wood.
Chairman of the William Morris Agency, he was its first mail room trainee to become an agent.
He was president and co-founder of the Betty Ford Cancer Center.
First agent to have created divisions and held all major titles at William Morris Agency.
First agent to represent presidents and Olympians.