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In 1973, he made his professional acting debut in a televised production of Kaufman's June Moon, wearing a fedora.

In 1960, he purchased a Baldwin grand piano from Leonard Bernstein for a paltry $5400.00.
Once upon a time Katharine Hepburn was his next door neighbor.She complained about his late night sessions at the piano.
His longtime chef was Louis Vargas.
He hardly ever wears a hat.
His father's name was Herbert. His mother's name was Etta Janet, but she called herself Foxy.
He started piano lessons at the age of 7. His teacher's name was Mrs. Moss.

He played chess with Humphry Bogart during the filming of Beat The Devil.
For a short time he attended military school.
While he was a freshman at college, he wrote a short story titled The Brass Goddess.
While attending Williams College he appeared in Night Must Fall and The Skin Of Our Teeth.
His favorite steakhouse is Christo's

He had a standard poodle named Max.

One of his stepbrothers is called Walter, the other one was called Herbie.
He wrote 11 scripts for the television seriesTopper, while living in Hollywood.
He doesn't like to cook.

For his 65th birthday Oscar Hamerstein's son William gave him a pair of his father's black velvet slippers with the monogram O on one foot and H on the other.
Once he made a board game called Psychiatry, which consisted of little couches being moved around the board.

He became close friends with Anthony Perkins while planning what was to become a treasure hunt all over Manahattan on a Halloween night in 1968.

He used to get around Manhattan via bicycle.
He likes Scotch.
He invented an elaborate game for Leonard Bernstein's 50th Birthday called The Great Conductor Hunt.
He has a home in Connecticut.
In 1979, he had a heart attack.

In 1959, he wrote a television show called In An Early Winter about an accident prone family.
He made a home movie take-off of Puccini's Tosca with Leonard Bernstein.

In 1973, he made his professional acting debut in a televised production of Kaufman's June Moon, wearing a fedora.	In 1960, he purchased a Baldwin grand piano from Leonard Bernstein for a paltry $5400.00.
Once upon a time Katharine Hepburn was his next door neighbor.She complained about his late night sessions at the piano.	His longtime chef was Louis Vargas.
He hardly ever wears a hat.	His father's name was Herbert. His mother's name was Etta Janet, but she called herself Foxy.
He started piano lessons at the age of 7. His teacher's name was Mrs. Moss.	He played chess with Humphry Bogart during the filming of Beat The Devil.
For a short time he attended military school.	While he was a freshman at college, he wrote a short story titled The Brass Goddess.
While attending Williams College he appeared in Night Must Fall and The Skin Of Our Teeth.	His favorite steakhouse is Christo's
He had a standard poodle named Max.	One of his stepbrothers is called Walter, the other one was called Herbie.
He wrote 11 scripts for the television seriesTopper, while living in Hollywood.	He doesn't like to cook.
For his 65th birthday Oscar Hamerstein's son William gave him a pair of his father's black velvet slippers with the monogram O on one foot and H on the other.	Once he made a board game called Psychiatry, which consisted of little couches being moved around the board.
He became close friends with Anthony Perkins while planning what was to become a treasure hunt all over Manahattan on a Halloween night in 1968.	He used to get around Manhattan via bicycle.
He likes Scotch.	He invented an elaborate game for Leonard Bernstein's 50th Birthday called The Great Conductor Hunt.
He has a home in Connecticut.	In 1979, he had a heart attack.
In 1959, he wrote a television show called In An Early Winter about an accident prone family.	He made a home movie take-off of Puccini's Tosca with Leonard Bernstein.