Eastwood joined the Marsh Agency, and although Lubin landed him his biggest role to date in "The First Traveling Saleslady" (1956) and later hired him for "Escapade in Japan" (1957), without a formal contract Eastwood was struggling. On his financial advisor Irving Leonard's advice, he switched to the Kumin-Olenick Agency in 1956 and Mitchell Gertz in 1957. He landed several small roles in 1956 as a temperamental army officer for a segment of ABC's "Reader's Digest" series, and as a motorcycle gang member on a "Highway Patrol" episode. In 1957, Eastwood played a cadet in "West Point" series and a suicidal gold prospector on "Death Valley Days".