[1][5] Sidaris began his television career in 1950, working as a stage manager for WFAA in Dallas, Texas, before being promoted to director six months later.

[5] While directing college football games on ABC, Sidaris pioneered what became known as the "honey shot," close-ups of cheerleaders and attractive female fans in the stands at sporting events.

[4] Beginning with 1985's Malibu Express, Sidaris wrote and directed a series of lighthearted B-movie action pictures that featured buxom, gun-toting Playboy Playmates and Penthouse Pets in starring roles.

[5] Most of the "Bullets, Bombs, and Babes" films chronicled the adventures of a team of secret agents—frequently played by Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Cynthia Brimhall, Roberta Vasquez, and Julie Strain—working in exotic tropical locations.

The series' trademarks included frequent displays of female nudity, muscled male co-stars, and over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek death scenes,[7] such as in 1987's Hard Ticket to Hawaii, where a skateboard-riding assassin is blown up by a rocket launcher while he clutches a blowup doll.