 Sloyan's career in show-business began upon his return to the United States, in 1957, where Sloyan received a scholarship to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.Sloyan's acting career was interrupted in 1962, when he was drafted into the United States Army during its operations in Vietnam.Sloyan's television career includes numerous brief performances such as on daytime dramas "The Young and the Restless, General Hospital", and "Ryan's Hope", and guest appearances on prime-time series "Baywatch", "Quantum Leap", "The X-Files", "MacGyver", "Party of Five", "Matlock", "Murder, She Wrote", and "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".