 Von Zell also appeared in an episode of "McHale's Navy" as Admiral Parker, the uncle of Tim Conway's character Ensign Parker.During the 1958-59 television season, von Zell continued working with George Burns on his short-lived 25-week NBC sitcom, "The George Burns Show".That same year he wrote the teleplays for four episodes of NBC's "Wagon Train", appearing in one of them.