[2] Following a medical discharge due to sinusitis he enlisted in the Canadian Legion as a musician, reaching the rank of captain.
In 1964 Winters and his brother were inducted into the show business fraternity, the Grand Order of Water Rats.
[3] Winters was the owner of a 1965 Alvis TE21 sports coupe in white, which he purchased at the Earls Court Motorshow.
Winters also co-produced with Jude Parry, directed, performed and wrote the first British professional pantomime to appear in Florida, it was such a success that they continued for five years, starring not only local young talent but also Davy Jones of the Monkees.
His two novels are Miami One Way and Razor Sharp and his last book was a light-hearted memoir called The Sunny Side Of Winters.