Carl Warren Reindel January 20 1935 September 4 2009 was an American actor known for portraying Lieutenant Kenneth M Taylor in the epic war film Tora Tora Tora He also played Stanton in Steve McQueens hit film Bullitt 1968 and Lt Comroe in classic science fiction film The Andromeda Strain 1971 He also made several appearances on popular TV series In 1964 he appeared on Perry Mason as defendant and title character Barry Davis in The Case of the Drifting Dropout and in 1966 he played golf caddy and murderer Danny Bright in The Case of the Golfers Gambit In 1966 Episode 25 on the series Gidget he played Scott Baker a paid watchful eye to make sure Gidget was safe on a weekend away at a surfboard competition He also appeared on Gunsmoke S7E31 Cale as the title named young cowboy set on doing things his way but usually for good The FBI Bonanza The Virginian as Carl Reindell and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and also played the son of a man bent on vengeance on the western series Wagon Train before leaving show business in the early 1980s