The Exorcist (film) shot that obscured his face, as Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role in the Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Vandis had previously played Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. Warners had approached Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Nichols, to direct, all of whom turned the project down. Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film,
Robert Q. Lewis television, and nightclub schedule. Later in his career, Lewis acted in a few movies, notably "An Affair to Remember" (1957), "Good Neighbor Sam" (1964), "Ski Party" (1965), "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)" (1972), "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" (1967), and the TV movie "The Law" (1974), in which he played a dinner speaker at a lawyers' convention. He also performed on a number of television series, including "Room for One More"; "The Hathaways"; "Branded"; "The Patty Duke Show"; "Ichabod and Me"; "Slattery's People"; "Grindl"; "Bewitched"; "Love, American Style"; and