Kasem acted in a number of low-budget movies and radio dramas. While hosting "dance hops" on local television, he attracted the attention of Dick Clark, who hired him as co-host of a daily teenage music show called "Shebang", starting in 1964. Kasem's roles on network TV series included "Hawaii Five-O" and "Ironside". In 1967, he appeared on "The Dating Game", and played the role of "Mouth" in the motorcycle gang film "The Glory Stompers". In 1969, he played the role of Knife in the film "Wild Wheels", and had a small role in another biker movie, "The Cycle Savages," starring Bruce Dern and Melody Patterson, and "The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant" (also with Dern).