His television appearances covered a similar time frame. He guest-starred on Crossroads, Cheyenne, Annie Oakley, Gunsmoke, The Tall Man, Daniel Boone, Mission: Impossible, The High Chaparral, Laredo, Alias Smith and Jones, Bonanza, Wagon Train, The Rifleman, Rawhide, and Broken Arrow. He did not always play Indians or appear in westerns, though most of his roles were of this kind. He appeared in the episode "The Indian Affairs Affair" of the NBC espionage series, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Brands appeared in the speaking role of "Yancey" in an episode of Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, a popular series in the late 1950s.