He was a jack of all trades at WDCA, functioning as the station's announcer, as kids' show host Captain 20 as well as Washington's second Bozo, after Willard Scott had originated the local version of the character.
The horror host character of Count Gore de Vol (whose name was either a play on author and native Washingtonian Gore Vidal or the name of a prominent Washington D.C. funeral home, "De Vol") originated as a character called "M.T.
This series started on February 3, 2013, with the 40th anniversary celebration of his first hosted horror movie on WDCA-TV—House of Frankenstein.
[3] He owns and operates Sounds Fabulous Entertainment, providing a virtual DJ system named George that he developed for small-venue parties.
[4] As Count Gore de Vol, he is a guest at six to ten conventions a year and is closely associated with the Spooky Movie Film Festival, an annual week-long celebration of horror feature films and shorts, which celebrated its tenth year in 2015.