He played the first burglar Charlie in Sidney Kingsley's play, "The Detective Story," at the Blackstone Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Chester Morris (Detective McLeod); Lydia Clarke (Mary McLeod); Walter Starkey (Arthur Kindred); Elinor Randel (Susan Carmichael); Alan Rich (Second Burglar Lewis); Leonard Yorr (Detective Dakis); Marian Winters (a shoplifter); Studs Terkel (Joe Feinson); Paul Lipson (Detective Brody); Raoul DeLeon (Dr. Schneider); Kirk Brown (Lt. Monoghan); Jerry Fritz (Crumb-Bum); Pitt Herbert (Mr. Gallantz) William Phelps (Mr. Pritchett) and James Bender (Tami Giacoppetti) in the cast.