In 1957, he had a small role as a Southern officer in "Raintree County", a Civil War film directed by Edward Dmytryk, alongside Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Lee Marvin. He also appeared in leading roles as a U.S. Navy submarine captain in the World War II set television series, "The Silent Service". He appeared in season one, episode five, "The Spearfish Delivers", as Commander Dempsey and in the first episode of season two, "The Archerfish Spits Straight", as Lieutenant Commander Enright. His future "" co-star Leonard Nimoy also appeared in two different episodes of the series around the same time.