Meston's writing and film projects outside the realms of CBS radio and television productions are to date not as well documented as his work on Gunsmoke. He did, though, write for some other film studios and television networks. In 1958, for example, he reportedly met his second wife at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer while under contract to help develop and write a feature film for MGM.Salazar, Fortunato (2017). "Why This Model Left the Glitzy World of Fashion for the Gritty Life of Bullfighting", Marie Claire (Hearst: United States edition, New York, N.Y.), March 13, 2017. Retrieved November 8, 2018. In fact in 1979, the year Meston died, he was working on a screenplay for a film being developed by director John Frankenheimer.Barabas, p. 35. Earlier, in 1971 and 1972 on television, he wrote scripts for two episodes of another Western, the Universal series Hec Ramsey starring Richard Boone as a former gunfighter turned lawman. Then, in 1975, Meston wrote the episodes "Child of Pain" and "Money Crop" for the NBC series Little House on the Prairie.
