during the middle 1960s, he appeared three times on "the andy griffith show" and four times on the "griffith" spin-off "gomer pyle, u.s.m.c.", a military comedy starring singer jim nabors. he appeared twice on "the andy griffith show"'s successor series "mayberry r.f.d." starring ken berry. in 1963 he appeared in "the twilight zone" episode "a kind of a stopwatch". in 1966, he appeared as a man in a diner in the don knotts film "the ghost and mr. chicken". in 1968, he appeared as croupier in the walt disney comedy film "blackbeard's ghost". in 1969, he appeared in the role of mr. welch on andy griffith's film "angel in my pocket".