 During 1960 and 1961 von Zell appeared in five episodes of the television series "Bachelor Father" as Frank Curtis, a good friend of Bentley Gregg (played by John Forsythe).Von Zell delivered the commentary on "Celebrity Golf", a series of half-hour, nine-hole golf matches made in 1960 with Sam Snead taking on such Hollywood celebrities as Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis and Bob Hope at Los Angeles golf courses such as Woodland Hills and Lakeside Country Club.Those matches were rerun in recent years on the Golf Channel.