During his career he has appeared in episodes of the TV series The Harlem Globetrotters Popcorn Machine, Marcus Welby, M.D., Medical Center, The Six Million Dollar Man, Police Story, Most Wanted, Laugh-In, Vega$, Parker Lewis Can’t Lose, Howie Goes to Hollywood, and The Grindhouse Radio. Rodney Allen Rippy has also appeared in the movies Oh, God! Book II, Checking the Gate, Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star, Flowers in the Snow-FTP, and To the Top. He is a partner in Bow Tie Productions and briefly ran for mayor of Compton, California in 2013.