- Returned to law school in the 1960s and received his J.D. from UCLA in 1970. He practiced law in Encino, California from 1970 until his retirement in 2000.
- In a widely publicized decision, he turned down the offer to play the role of the legendary Charles A. Lindbergh in the 1956 film ' The Spirit of St. Louis (1957) because he did not respect Lindbergh's sympathetic support of the Nazi regime in Germany prior to America's entry into World War II.
- Won Broadway's 1954 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Dramatic) for "Tea and Sympathy," a part that he recreated in the film version of the same name, Tea and Sympathy (1956).
- Has five children, including twin daughters (born May 29th, 1954), Rebecca Kerr and Jocelyn Kerr-Thantrakul, and son Michael from his first marriage, and two stepchildren from his second, Sharon and Chris Chu.
- His singing in South Pacific was dubbed by Bill Lee of the Mellomen group.
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