He also appeared in several cult films: in "The Howling" (1981), as 'Dr George Waggner' (named whimsically after the director of "The Wolf Man", 1941) and as Sir Denis Eton-Hogg in the rockumentary comedy "This Is Spinal Tap" (1984). He played Dr. Stark in "The Creature Wasn't Nice" (1981), also called "Spaceship" and "Naked Space". Macnee played the role of actor David Mathews in the made-for-television movie "Rehearsal for Murder" (1982), which starred Robert Preston and Lynn Redgrave. The movie was from a script written by "Columbo" co-creators Richard Levinson and William Link. He took over Leo G. Carroll's role as the head of U.N.C.L.E. His character being Sir John Raleigh in ' (1983), produced by Michael Sloan. He was featured in the science fiction television movie "Super Force" (1990) as E. B. Hungerford (the series which followed only featured Macnee's voice as a Max Headroom-style computer simulation of his character), as a supporting character in the parody film "Lobster Man From Mars" (1989) as Prof. Plocostomos and in "The Return of Sam McCloud" (1989), a TV film, as Tom Jamison. He made an appearance in "Frasier" (2001), and several episodes of the American science-fiction series "Nightman" as Dr. Walton, a psychiatrist who would advise Johnny/Nightman. Macnee appeared in two episodes of the series ' (1993–94) and was a retired agent in a handful of instalments of "Spy Game" (1997–98).