He was a semi-regular in the 1954-1955 CBS legal drama The Public Defender, starring Reed Hadley as an attorney for the indigent. He appeared in two episodes of The Lone Ranger ("Stage to Tishimingo", 1954 & "Trouble at Tylerville", 1956). In his later years, Welden owned a confection company called Nutcorn, which supplemented his acting income.