During this period, Metcalfe acting as the lead, working closely with some of his fellow enlisted comrades created the "Miss Angel" beauty contest.

An "Angel" in Navy terms meaning a helicopter that would swoop in saving downed pilots who ditched their aircraft in the sea and in some cases on land.

[1] That same year, he was cast as Tom Easton, a young United States Army officer, in the episode "Indian Emily" on the syndicated television anthology series, Death Valley Days.

[1] Metcalfe was cast as Don Martin, one of the neighbors thrown into a panic in a 1960 episode of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone titled "The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street".

[1] On December 31, 1979, he married actress Jan Jorden, who is best known for her recurring role as a nurse on M*A*S*H.[2] Metcalfe died from sepsis at a hospital in Los Angeles, on July 27, 2022, aged 87.