[2] He also began acting, appearing in the films The Manchurian Candidate (1962), The Creeping Terror (1964) as Dr. Bradford, and as Ben Wiley in Angel's Flight (1965).
In the story line, Belle unsuccessfully plots the revenge assassination of United States Attorney W. H. H. Clayton (Don Haggerty) during a Wild West show in Fort Smith, Arkansas.
[citation needed] Compared to colleagues who were also the faces of Marlboro during that time, Thourlby claimed that he never smoked cigarettes or consumed alcohol.
[2] Thourlby owned and operated a men's clothing store on Peachtree St. in Atlanta in the 1970s where he personally consulted with each customer on style, fit and tailoring of each suit.
[citation needed] Until his death, Thourlby lived alone in the New York Athletic Club for 40 years and was one of its three remaining permanent tenants.