In 1958, he played a Navy lieutenant in a segment of "Navy Log" and in early 1959 made a notable guest appearance as Red Hardigan on "Maverick" opposite James Garner as a cowardly villain intent on marrying a rich girl for money. Eastwood had a small part as an aviator in "Lafayette Escadrille" (1958) and played a major role as an ex-renegade of the Confederacy in "Ambush at Cimarron Pass" (also 1958), a film Eastwood considers the low point of his career.