- Has won four Tony Awards: in 1951, shared with co-producer Ernest H. Martin, as Best Producers (Musical) for "Guys and Dolls;" in 1962, two Tonys, both again shared with Martin, as Best Producer (Musical) and as co-producer of Best Musical winner "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying;" and in 2003, a Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award. He was also Tony-nominated six other times: three times in 1963, twice again shared with Martin, as Best Producer (Musical) and co-producer of Best Musical nominee, and once shared with Bob Fosse as Best Director (Musical), for "Little Me;" two times in 1966, again sharing co-producer credit with Martin of Best Musical nominee, as well as on his own as Best Director (Musical), for "Skyscraper;" and one time in 1967, yet again shared with Martin, as co-producer of Best Musical nominee "Walking Happy."
- Served in the Army Air Corps during WWII - he spent the war making training films and rose to Captain.
- Worked as a trumpet player at Radio City Music Hall, among other theaters, and later became head of the music department at Republic Pictures in the 1930s and into the '40s.
- Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Producers Branch)
- One of the many musicals he and partner Ernest H. Martin produced on Broadway was the British show, "The Boy Friend".
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