Found a fun article about Don Briscoe in an old 16 MAGAZINE from 1969. Check it out:
FULL REAL NAME: My full real name is Cecil (after my dad) Donald Briscoe, but everyone calls me Don.
BIRTHPLACE & DATE: I was born on March 20, 1940, in Yalobusha County, Mississippi.
PERSONAL DATA: I am five feet and eleven inches tall and weigh 160 pounds. I have medium brown hair and hazel eyes.
HOME INFO: I live in a bachelor pad on the East Side in Manhattan, New York City.
EDUCATION: I studied Comparative Literature at Columbia University in NYC, where I received my bachelor's and master's degrees.
MUSIC INFO: I've studied classic guitar, and I'm a dedicated shower singer!
FAVORITES--
MUSIC: The Mamas & Papas are my favorite group, and Bob Dylan is my favorite individual artist.
ACTING: Peter Sellers is great.
TV SHOWS: I enjoy most shows on NET, the national education station, and The 20th Century.
COLORS: I like "all" colors.
FOOD: I could eat breakfast three times a day--I really dig orange juice, eggs and cereal.
HOBBIES: Reading is my hobby. My favorites are the works of T.S. Eliot, The Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell, and The Book of Tao.
SPORTS: I love water sports, particularly swimming and diving. As a matter of fact, when I was in school I won several diving competitions.
WHAT LOOKED FOR IN A GIRL: I like a girl who is aware of herself as a person--someone who has a pretty good idea of who she is and where she's going, and who tries to express her "real" self.
WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO ON A DATE: Dance the night away at a discotheque, or go to a movie or play.
PLANS & AMBITIONS: I'd like to be secure enough financially so that I wouldn't have to plan--I'd like to just improvise my way through life, taking things as they come.