Another thing I like to do is sit back and take in nature. To look at the birds, listen to their singing, go hiking, camping and jogging and running, walking along the beach, playing games and sometimes being alone with the great outdoors. It's very special to me.

Wilcox attended Cal State Northridge where he earned a degree. Wilcox appeared in a 1985 made-for-TV movie sequel to The Dirty Dozen called The Dirty Dozen: The Next Mission. On March 22 1986 Wilcox married his present wife Marlene Harmon a member of the 1980 Olympic heptathlon team.