[4] During World War II, he served as a radio operator in Asia along the Burma Road from India to China.

Instead, then company owner Seymour Cohen asked Hauldren to play the role of The Empire Man himself.

Hauldren also wrote the tune used to accompany the singing of the company's phone number, and recorded the jingle with an acappella group, The Fabulous 40s.

In 2005, Hauldren appeared in a comedic short video for the stage show, Big Time Tonight, written by comedian Landon Kirksey and directed by Jeremy Dionisio.

The video features Kirksey's character entering a bar and receiving sage-like advice from Hauldren himself.