Career
He worked in television in Los Angeles and New York and toured the United States and Canada with major productions. In 1960, Chastain appeared as Gerald Wiley in the episode "Trial by Rope" of the American Broadcasting Company/Warner Brothers western series, Colt.45. The guest cast also included Pamela Duncan as Dora Lacey, and Lurene Tuttle as Lottie Strong.
Other series in which Chastain appeared as a guest star include The Real McCoys, Rhoda, Maude, The Rockford Files, All My Children, Hawaii Five-O, The West Wing, Gunsmoke, and Scrubs, The Big Valley.
Additionally, Chastain was a jazz singer and lyricist who served in the United States Army. Number Strings (1962–1963)
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42nd Street (1980–1989)
Dance a Little Closer (1983)
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Parade (1998–1999).