Was cast in Foxy Grandpa in New York after Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar saw him performing in a Vaudeville act. Other credits include 'Eddie Gates' in the road company of Tracked Around the World (a role written specifically for him as young actor), the boy detective role in the road company of The Dummy, 'Jimmie Casey' in the road company of The Pride of Newspaper Row, 'Butts' in The Child Slaves of New York (1903) at the Grand Opera House in Boston, 'Mickey Dugan' in Hogan's Alley at the Bijou Theatre in Brooklyn, and 'Hod Doane, the Jockey' in Captain Clay of Missouri (1909) at the Metropolis Theatre in the Bronx.