 In 1943 the brothers appeared in the Broadway play "Winged Victory", then saw actual military service together after the US entered World War II, stationed in the Pacific.After the war, Billy continued to play minor roles in films, the last of which was the comedy "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951), which famously starred Ronald Reagan and a chimpanzee.Interested in the technical aspects of movie-making, both brothers eventually found employment in that field.