While on location in Mexico filming Vera Cruz (1954), he and fellow cast member Charles Bronson found themselves with some extra time on their hands and decided to go to the nearest town to get some cigarettes. Still in full costume -- including bandoliers and pistols -- they mounted their horses and headed out. Along the way they were spotted by a truckful of Mexican "federales" -- federal police -- who mistook them for bandits and held them at gunpoint until their identities could be verified.
Winner of the Best Actor Award for _"Night Club" (2011)_ at the 6th Annual Staten Island Film Festival, June 12 2011 and the Golden Door International Film Festival, October 16 2011.