He enjoyed other film successes, including "The Lieutenant Wore Skirts" with Sheree North and "The Girl Can't Help It" (both 1956) opposite Jayne Mansfield. In "The Girl Can't Help It", Julie London appears as a mirage to Tom Miller (Ewell) singing her signature song, "Cry Me a River". He played Abel Frake in the 1962 version of the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical "State Fair". In 1956, at the Coconut Grove Playhouse, he co-starred with Bert Lahr in the U.S. premiere of "Waiting for Godot".