[1] He cooperated with Ray Heatherton creating the TV show The Merry Mailman in the early 1950s.
[4][5] He was unable to leave the country for five months and a $250,000 out-of-court settlement was made,[4][5] - which one Variety article called a "bribe" - so the crew member responsible would not be imprisoned by the military regime.
[6] While stuck in Greece, he claimed he made unfavourable deals to make films such as The Return of a Man Called Horse (1976) and The Island of Dr Moreau (1977).
In December 1984, he and his company filed for bankruptcy claiming that he was owed millions of dollars from foreign distributors despite the recent success of Angel (1984) and having four films ready to be released.
[9] He developed Alzheimers and spent the last ten years of his life as a resident at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, in the Alzheimer's and dementia care facility, Harry's Haven.