 Finally, in 1963, he added the role of Old Adam in "Ruddigore".He regularly played these roles until he left the D'Oyly Carte organisation in 1969.In addition, as understudy to Kenneth Sandford, he often played Private Willis in "Iolanthe", King Hildebrand in "Princess Ida", Pooh-Bah in "The Mikado", Sir Despard Murgatroyd in "Ruddigore", Wilfred Shadbolt in "The Yeomen of the Guard", and Don Alhambra in "The Gondoliers".