 During the next five years, he continued playing these small roles and sometimes substituted as Private Willis, Pirate King in "The Pirates of Penzance", the title role in "The Mikado", and Sir Roderic in "Ruddigore".In 1941, he took over Willis from Granville and the Usher in "Trial by Jury" from Richard Walker.In 1946, Flynn gave up Private Willis and temporarily traded the Usher for the Foreman of the Jury.