Moody spent more than four decades working in stock theater throughout the United States, including having his own troupe for almost half of that span.

[2] Moody was a regular on radio broadcasts of Gunsmoke[3] and Dragnet,[4] and also performed on the Roy Rogers Show[5] and Wild Bill Hickok.

[7] At the age of 62,[citation needed] Moody began a string of film and television appearances, including films such as Road to Bali, Toward the Unknown, The Legend of Tom Dooley, and The Story of Ruth.

[8] He was also seen in episodes of Gunsmoke, The Lone Ranger, Circus Boy, Mr. Adams and Eve, Perry Mason, Bonanza, Have Gun – Will Travel as Judge Howell in "The Silver Queen" (1958), Rawhide, Daniel Boone, Wanted Dead or Alive, Wagon Train, Rescue 8, and The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin.

His most frequent television roles were as a kindly old man or Native American.