[3] He arrived in the United States in September 1907, having sailed from Southampton to New York on the S/S St. Louis.

A United Press article published in 1939 described Kaliz as "one of the leading wholesale liquor dealers in the West.

"[5] He became involved with the business after the repeal of Prohibition when he was a wine taster for an importer.

[7] In 1931, Kaliz married Madeline Hatch Weiner, an actress from a wealthy family in New York.

[8] Kaliz died on February 1, 1941, in Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital, from a heart attack.