During the Second World War he served in the U. S. Army and was stationed in France, where he formed a band called "The Chowhounds.

A Billboard review stated “With a style as infectious as a ton of honey Prince is a cinch to rise to greater heights.”[4] During the 1950 to 1953 Broadway run of Guys and Dolls, Prince was the replacement actor for the role of Nicely Nicely Johnson.

[1] Prince's final Broadway performance was playing Wash in the 1959 to 1960 production of Destry Rides Again.

Griffith wanted him to appear in additional episodes, but Prince felt acting on the show would interfere with his singing opportunities.

He and Hal Smith, who played town drunk Otis Campbell on The Andy Griffith Show, appeared together in a jail skit, and Prince sang The Lonesome Road, a song heard in the Rafe Hollister Sings episode.