- He regarded The Winds of War (1983) and War and Remembrance (1988) as his finest achievements. These expensive, lavish productions won him international acclaim. However, a generation of science fiction and horror fans also remembers his work in the supernatural genre, notably the TV series Dark Shadows (1966), the series Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) and its pilot The Night Stalker (1972), Trilogy of Terror (1975) and Burnt Offerings (1976).
- His wife Norma passed away March 7, 2006, from heart disease. She was 75 years old. They had been married 54 years and had 3 daughters.
- Died 20 days after his wife Norma.
- He began his show business career as a salesman for NBC-TV in the 1950s and then went work for entertainment conglomerate MCA.
- Had three daughters with wife Norma: Cathy Curtis, Tracy Curtis and the late Linda Curtis (deceased prior to her mother.).
- Father of actresses Tracy Curtis and Linda Curtis.
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