 Actor Charles Wagenheim filled in for him, and Stone joined the series in the second entry, "Confessions of Boston Blackie".Stone's performances in the Blackies were well received, and he enthusiastically played scenes for laughs (doing dialects, disguising in women's clothes, posing as a child, or reacting in wide-eyed amazement or frustration to each story's twists and turns).Both Chester Morris and George E. Stone reprised their screen roles for one year in the "Boston Blackie" radio series.