boyett appeared in a number of television programs, such as "official detective", "navy log", "laramie", "tales of the texas rangers", "i spy", "the man from u.n.c.l.e." (uncredited; "the secret sceptre affair" from 1965), "the andy griffith show", "family affair", "fantasy island", " the love boat", "the rockford files", "", "the a-team", "knight rider", "rescue 8", "ripcord", "murphy brown" and "night court". he also appeared in numerous episodes of "emergency!" as chief mcconnikee of los angeles county fire department's battalion 14.