Bud Mathis

1927 - 2009. Musician, songwriter, manager and producer Prior to his involvement with the music industry he had boxed under the name of Babyface Mathis and was Arizona lightweight champion from 1951 to 1954. More recently had been working as an actor on TV and films, appearing in Pirates of the Caribbean and several music videos for atist such as Eminem and Gwen Stefani. He ran several clubs around Hollywood in the late sixties and was a well known figure in hip circles, despite being in his early 40s at that time. In between he managed to marry three times and father five children. His self published memoirs, "Confessions of a Robot" are a fascinating insight into a lost America of the 30s, 40s, 50s and 60s. Father of Mark Mathis and Mike Mathis (2).