He toured with
Spike Jones and His City Slickers under the
name "Sir Frederic Gas". He wore a black suit with long tails, a string
necktie and teased his long hair out into a "fright wig". His comic
specialty was rubbing two sticks together, while squeaking a leather
reed in his mouth, creating a comical instrument he called his
Sadivarious. He later joined UPA and Hanna-Barbara cartoon studios as a
film editor. Retired and painted for a hobby until blindness set in.