▁repeated ▁his ▁role ▁again ▁in ▁Don ▁W ins low ▁of ▁the ▁Coast ▁Guard , ▁the ▁successful ▁sequ el . ▁ ▁The ▁Pen ning ton ▁role ▁would ▁spark ▁a ▁long ▁and ▁steady ▁career ▁in ▁mov ies , ▁usually ▁a ▁step ▁or ▁two ▁behind ▁Hollywood ' s ▁el ite , ▁in ▁To ▁Have ▁and ▁Have ▁Not ▁( prom in ently ▁featured ▁as ▁the ▁fish erman ▁who ▁tries ▁to ▁che at ▁Bog ie ), ▁ ▁in ▁Al ong ▁C ame ▁Jones , ▁The ▁Blue ▁D ah lia , ▁Dark ▁City ▁and ▁Bad ▁Day ▁at ▁Black ▁Rock , ▁among ▁hundreds ▁of ▁others . ▁A ▁regular ▁author itative ▁presence ▁in ▁such ▁classic ▁sci - fi ▁films ▁as ▁Red ▁Planet ▁Mars , ▁The ▁War ▁of ▁the ▁World s ▁and ▁Inv aders ▁from ▁Mars , ▁he ▁also ▁had ▁a ▁rec urr ing ▁featured ▁part ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁Boston ▁Black ie ▁film ▁series ▁playing ▁Det ect ive ▁Matt he ws ▁alongside ▁Ch ester ▁Morris , ▁former ▁th ief - turn ed - cr ime ▁hero . ▁ ▁Television ▁ ▁A ▁primary ▁support ▁player ▁during ▁the ▁" G old en ▁Age " ▁of ▁television , ▁San de ▁worked ▁on ▁nearly ▁every ▁popular ▁western ▁and ▁crime ▁show ▁available ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 4 0 s ▁and ▁throughout ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁including ▁Johnny ▁Ring o . ▁In ▁ 1 9 4 9 , ▁he ▁played ▁Sher iff ▁Taylor ▁in ▁the ▁three - part ▁The ▁L