He acted in the play, "U.S. 90," at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New Jersey with Gloria Stuart, Celeste Holm, and E.J. Ballantine in the cast. Frank Carrington and Agnes Morgan were directors.
At the beginning of his Warner Bros. contract, he was tested for the lead male role in Magnificent Obsession (1935), but lost out to another newcomer, Robert Taylor.
