On television, Willingham had a recurring role in the ABC series "Home Improvement" with Tim Allen as John Binford, and appeared as a guest star in the 1975 CBS family drama series "Three for the Road". He also guest starred on " Dallas"," The A-Team", "Murder, She Wrote", ' (1989), "Northern Exposure", "The Rockford Files", "Tucker's Witch" with Tim Matheson and Catherine Hicks, and "Quantum Leap". His additional television credits include "A Woman With A Past", "The Children Nobody Wanted", ', and "Unconquered". He also played the conductor in "Kenny Rogers as The Gambler" (1980), Dr. Graham in "" (1983), he appeared in the 1986 miniseries "Dream West", and appeared in "Badge of the Assassin" (1985) and "Men Don't Tell" (1993). He guest starred as IRS Agent Bumpers in the show "Remington Steele".