Lee Cummings owned a fish store in the Pittsburgh area called
"Tanks-A-Lot", which was on the front of the New Leona Theater in
Homestead, Pennsylvania. He was then hired by
George A. Romero to play the
Zombie in swimming trunks in
Dawn of the Dead (1978). He hurt his legs in real life while his Zombie character got shot in The Bikers' battle in the film itself.