After his acting career ended, he spent two years as a Mormon missionary in South America. After returning from his missionary work, he moved to Southern California and became a stockbroker.
[2016, on Doris Day, who played his mother in The Thrill of It All (1963)] When I think of my childhood, I fondly think of my acting career starting off on the right foot with a great second mom, Doris--beautiful, smart, funny and a heart filled with love!