Beldon Katleman

[1] Katleman was an investor in two other Las Vegas casinos, the Frontier Hotel and the Silver Slipper.

[4] During World War II, Katleman served as a lieutenant in the motion picture division of the Signal Corps in the U.S.

[1][5] With Guy McAfee and Jake Kozloff, Katleman acquired the Frontier Hotel from Bill Moore for US$5.5 million in 1951.

[3] Katleman was an investor in the Silver Slipper, another casino in Las Vegas, alongside Jack Barenfeld, Norma Friedman, Irving Leff and T.W.

[8] In January 1941, Katleman married Leonore Cohn, whom he had met at the Hillcrest Country Club, the Jewish golf club in Los Angeles; Leonore was the niece of Columbia Pictures founder Harry Cohn.