That's correct. He also played the role of Minnesota Fat's with lead actor Paul Newman in the movie "The Hustler." Was an outstanding pool player himself. Hosted his own Varity show for a while.
I’m going to give @Bowerbird a shout out here for good quality and interesting posts which I always have time to read.
Bill Carson has a Fab signature: The sanctions backfired, NATO is losing, the US blew up Nordstream and ukie land has a nazi problem. Four important statements, all true, many not yet widely believed.