[1] Flory played in the bands of Claude Thornhill and Woody Herman in the early 1950s, before forming his own ensemble in New York City.

[2] In 1955, he relocated to California and started a new group, which played at the 1958 Monterey Jazz Festival.

In the 1960s, Flory was less active in music, working in television and film as an actor and screenwriter; his credits include Wagon Train; The Rifleman; Ripcord (twice); Rawhide (twice); Gunsmoke (twice); Perry Mason (twice - including 'The Case of Crying Comedian'); Maverick (twice); The Virginian (five episodes); Route 66 (twice); Bronco; Surfside 6; Mona McCluskey; Run, Buddy, Run; 77 Sunset Strip (three episodes); The Dakotas; Destry; Lawman (three episodes); Wendy and Me; It's a Man's World; The Monroes; Cimarron Strip; Daniel Boone (seven episodes); Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.

In 1972, Flory appeared in the first episode of the final season of Mission: Impossible as Toledo.

[4] Flory died of a heart ailment[4] on March 12, 2014, in Hollywood, California, at the age of 87.