Appeared in several productions at the Pasadena Playhouse, including:
The Cricket and the Hearth in 1949, which also featured Carolyn Jones.
Kitty Doone (1950) in which he co-starred with King Donovan, Ed Kemmer, and Lois Moran.
Also in 1950 he appeared in their production of Born Yesterday,
In 1951 he played he lead in David Copperfield and co-starred in Much Ado About Nothing.