- Inducted into the Horror Host Hall of Fame in 2011.
- He was a heralded DJ on pioneer progressive rock station WNEW FM, NYC in the 1970s.
- He was the first well known host of TV's horror film genre. From 1957-1958 , as " Roland", he hosted "Shock Theater" in his ghoulish makeup and attire on WCAU TV in Philadelphia , Pa. In 1959, he commuted from his home in Phila. Pa., to NYC where he hosted WABC TV's "Zacherle at Large" .
- As "The Cool Ghoul", he was the first host/performer of WPIX TV Ch.11 NYC's "Mighty Hercules Cartoon Show", which was seen weekday evenings on WPIX TV Ch.11 in NYC from Monday, September 9, 1963 to Friday, November 15, 1963. He hosted "The Three Stooges Show" weekday evenings on Ch.11 from Monday January 6, 1964 to Friday January 31, 1964.
- Had a top ten hit (USA) with the novelty song "Dinner With Drac" in 1958
- With ghoulish makeup as" Zacherle" hosted several rock concerts in NYC's Central Park in the 1960s and '70s.
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