Lansing played an international secret agent in "The Man Who Never Was", and Lt. Jack Curtis on "Automan". He also played a recurring role, known only as "Control", on 29 episodes of "The Equalizer" between 1985 and 1989, which then was spun-off into the made-for-TV movie "Memories of Manon" which aired on 13 February 1989. He guest-starred in "The Twilight Zone" episode "The Long Morrow" and in the "Thriller" episode "Fatal Impulse." He also guest-starred on other television productions such as NBC's "Law & Order". In the 1980s he did a series of television commercials for Liberty National Bank in Louisville, Kentucky as well as the popular supermarket chain Giant Eagle.