- He co-authored the book "Rare Words" with his daughter Hallie Leighton, which was published by Levenger Press.
- He co-authored the book, "Rare Words II," with his daughter, Hallie Leighton.
- (1979) He shot 4 60-second commercials in Ashland, Kentucky.
- His repertory of characters included Vince Lombardi, Babe Ruth, Gandhi, Amadeus Mozart, Charlie Chan, Sherlock Holmes, Ebenezer Scrooge, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Thomas Jefferson, Ernest Hemingway, Charlemagne, Charles Darwin, Wyatt Earp, Walter Cronkite, and Margaret Thatcher.
- He appeared as Confucious and Pericles on Gore Vidal's book "Creation."
- He was the face of Saul Bellow's title character, "Henderson The Rain King," on the Paperback version of the book.
- He appeared as Uncle Sam on the Time Magazine cover.
- He appeared as Henry Kissinger and Leonardo Da Vinci on the covers of New York Magazine.
- He played General George S. Patton for the Scandia Trucks commercial.
- He played George Washington in a Westinghouse motivational film.
- He played Mr. Whipple's twin in a Charmin bathroom tissue commercial.
- He played Frankenstein for a cough syrup commercial.
- He played Dracula for an early mobile phones' commercial.
- He played Johann Sebastian Bach for a beer commercial.
- He played Alexander Hamilton for a Cheerios Cereal commercial.
- He played Clark Gable, Groucho Marx, Teddy Roosevelt, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a bank commercial.
- He played Robert E. Lee for an Arizona department store commercial.
- He played Abraham Lincoln for a Minnesota Savings Bank commercial.
- He played Albert Einstein for Southern California Toyota Dealership commercial.
- He played Fidel Castro for a Bic lighters commercial.
- (1960) He acted in the Cy Coleman musical, "Wildcat," on Broadway in New York City with Lucille Ball in the cast.
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