Mayer continued his work in television and movies into the early 1990s, including a stint on the daytime serial Santa Barbara.

[1] Mayer's first marriage was to actress Teri Copley, with whom he had a daughter, Ashley.

Mayer's second marriage was to Eileen Davidson, an actress on the daytime serials Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless.

Mayer's third marriage was to actress Shauna Sullivan in 1988, with whom he had two more daughters, Alexandra and Angelica.

[2] Mayer was found dead of natural causes in his Los Angeles home in Sherman Oaks on July 23, 2011.