[2] May's first credited role was in 1956–1957 as Cadet Charles C. Thompson, the host of the ABC military drama series The West Point Story.

[5] He subsequently appeared in several other ABC/WB series, Sugarfoot, Cheyenne (as a young man plotting revenge in the episode "The Long Rope"), 77 Sunset Strip, Hawaiian Eye, Surfside 6,[citation needed] and The Roaring 20s, in which he was cast from 1960 to 1962 in forty-two episodes in the recurring role of fictitious newspaper reporter Pat Garrison.

[6] May subsequently guest starred on CBS's Men into Space, Barnaby Jones, The Dukes of Hazzard, Dallas, and Falcon Crest.

[citation needed] May was featured in several soap operas, including his role from 1967 to 1977 of crime busting lawyer, Adam Drake in The Edge of Night.

May's last screen role was in 1993 as Andrew Laraby in the episode "Come Rain or Come Schein" on the NBC legal drama, L.A. Law.

[citation needed] After his divorce from Cameron, May was married to Carla Borelli, an actress[3] who also appeared in the television series Texas and Falcon Crest.