2 sons with ex-wife Jane Chaplin: Orson Chaplin Salkind (born 1987 in England) & Osceola Byron Malachi Chaplin Salkind (born February 24, 1994 in Orlando, FL).
Member of BAFTA-The British Academy of Film and Television Arts.
Hearing about the plans to do a film of Superman he rang to offer his services and the same day got a phone call offering him Star Wars but decided on Superman as all of that was going to be in the UK and he would be able to collaborate all the way through the production with the director and designers.
Amongst the films he worked on were the 3 Superman films, Supergirl, Dark Crystal, Clash of the Titans, and Labtrith.
He started as a clapper boy in 1952 at Bray Studios where he met Les Bowie and Vic Marguti and between them they forced through the advancement of visual effects in British studios. Over the next 15 years they had to have patience to get their inventiveness accepted until he was offered a job by Rank and spent 9 months in Russia working on Bluebird on his own.