Gayle spent most of his life in the motion picture industry. While attending the University of Kentucky in Lexington, he became intrigues with the film industry while working part time in a theatre. Just prior to graduating, he packed his bags, boarded a bus and headed for the movie capital of the world - Hollywood.

Luckily, his Los Angeles landlady had an understanding brother-in-law Bill Clothier, who helped Gayle to obtain his first job as an extra at RKO studios. His employment was sporadic during those early years, but he accepted any and every job that became available. He became a member of the renowned riding group of Austrian Equestrian Von Opel only because of his persistence in appearing each day for training, and he subsequently became an expert horseman and trick rider performing the difficult Cossack and Roman riding feats. He also became a proficient stunt man, particularly with motorcycles and automobiles.

During his career as extra, double and as stunt man, he worked for all the major studios of that era, with the legendary directors and producers and among such stars as John Wayne, James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Spencer Tracy, John Garfield, Humphrey Bogart, Charles Laughton, Lana ?Turner, Loretta Young, Errol Flynn. Among his close friends were William Holden and Ralph Bellamy.

He appeared in over 300 motion pictures, including Gone with the Wind, Fabian, Sergeant York, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca.

While on a bond-selling tour with Ralph Bellamy, he visited his parents in Kentucky and elected to live there where he subsequently met and married his wife Irene Parker, and moved to Florida in 1950.

Realizing the ideal film-making possibilities in Florida and his organizational ability led him toward production. He was among the very first to make films in Florida, beginning with the documentary on Seminole Indians. This was followed by four feature films made in Central Florida, the first one on Indian Chief Osceola entitled Naked in the Sun (afterwards it was changed) with James Craig, Lita Milan and Barton MacLane.

Between features, Gayle worked as assistant director and production manager for most of the large commercial houses, working on over 250 national television commercials.

He accepted the position of Florida manager of operations for VPI of New York and moved to Fort Lauderdale-Miami area from Orland, supervising commercial production in the southeast and Caribbean.

He subsequently worked for Ivan Tors Studios (Miami) on the television series of Flipper, Gentle Ben, and Quinn-Martin's Caribbe. Feature work included Island of the Lost, Aquanuts (Richardo Montalban); Hooked Generation (Rita Hayworth); Goodbye, Columbus; Black Like Me (James Whitemore); Stanley; Want a Ride, Little Girl?; Agnes, Impulse and Black Sunday.

He produced and directed television commercials and documentaries, one filmed for the Florida League of Women Voters called There Ought to be a Law, which won acclaim. At time of his death he was in the pre-production stage for production of his own feature from a screenplay by Robert Morgan, collaborating with William Shatner.

He was a member of Directors Guild of America (DGA), representative of the Florida DGA Council, member of F.& A.M. Lodge No. 1 (Lexington, KY); Racquet Club (Miami), and the Phi Sigma Kappa organization.