 This was one of Greg Evigan (qv)s very first acting jobs. He got  the job because the writer had written the character "Joe Hamilton"  after a real person he knew in High School who was just as  obnoxious. He showed a photo of the real "Joe Hamilton" from his  High School Yearbook to Executive Producer Harve Bennett. Harve  loved the look so much that he gave yearbook to the casting director  and said: find someone who looks just like this!