He played Edward "Bud" Jenkins in Ben Hecht's play, "Under False Pretenses," at the La Salle Theatre in Chicago, Illinois with Maidl Turner (Sally Jenkins); Gustav Bowman (Mr. Smart); Clyde Veaux (Manny Epstein); Maude Hannaford (Helen Tarbell); Catherine Carter (Margaret Schmidt); Earle Mitchell (Mr. Gorman); Leo Ditrichstein (Felix Tarbell); Mary Duncan (Norma Ramon); Alexis Polianov (Sing); Young Leo (Toy); Carlotta Irwin (Virginia Hansen); M. Kelly (Murphy); and Lee Millar (Richard Collins) in the cast.