Began training for an executive position at Warner Bros., after a chance meeting with Jack L. Warner

Joined the Rand Corporation as a programmer trainee

Returned to show business as a writer for Universal's television department

Left Universal when Marlon Brando, Sr., father of the legendary actor hired him to produce "Wild Seed"

Formed the production company Alfran Productions

Co-created with Bernard Fein, the CBS series "Hogan’s Heroes," starring Bob Crane and Werner Klemperer

Produced the Academy Award winning film "The Godfather"; under his own banner, Alfran Productions

Produced and wrote the feature "The Longest Yard" starring Burt Reynolds

Produced the controversial "Coonskin," a mixed live-action and animated feature

Produced the comedy "The Cannonball Run"

Produced "Cannonball Run II" with the original cast

Produced the comedy "Ladybugs," starring Rodney Dangerfield

Returned to television by creating the successful police drama, "Walker, Texas Ranger" (CBS), starring Chuck Norris

Wrote and produced the western "Bad Girls," starring Andie MacDowell and Drew Barrymore

Teamed with Clint Eastwood to produce the critically acclaimed "Million Dollar Baby"

Wrote and produced "The Longest Yard," a remake of the 1974 film, which starred Burt Reynolds