Shanklin made guest appearances in several television series in the '80s, including Dynasty (1983, with Joan Collins), Matt Houston (1983, with Jeff Imada, Henry Kingi, Sr., and Mickey Morton), Three's Company (1984), Otherworld (1985, with Jonathan Banks, Larry Cedar, Alex Daniels, and Carolyn Seymour), J.J. Starbuck (1987, with David Huddleston, Jay Underwood, Katherine Moffat, Eric Server, David Selburg, and Carolyne Barry), Fantasy Island (with Ricardo Montalban), and Who's The Boss?.