He is perhaps best known for playing "Dr. Wilhelm Rolf" in the American soap opera television series Days of Our Lives.
In 1984, he played the recurring role of the homeless man Phil Sanders in the NBC sitcom television series Night Court,[1] in which his character was later killed in an accident, being crushed by a piano.
[4] Utay guest-starred in television programs including Dave's World, Married... with Children, Who's the Boss?, The John Larroquette Show, Hunter, Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer, ER, Highway to Heaven, L.A. Law, Star Trek: Enterprise, Seinfeld, Murder, She Wrote, Designing Women, What's Happening Now!!
He also co-starred and appeared in films such as The Runestone, Two Idiots in Hollywood, Play It to the Bone, Dark Blue, Ali, 'Til There Was You, Tin Cup, Bodily Harm and Harlem Nights.
[1] Utay was interested in appearing on episodes of Days of Our Lives, after being asked from the people who worked on the soap opera.