 After several years in regular comedy, he took up some comic opera, appearing with the McCaull Comic Opera Company and making a great success in "Erminie" (1886).In 1889, leaving New York's Casino Theatre, he made his appearance as a star in "The Oolah".Plays in which he starred subsequently include "The Merry Monarch" (1890); "The Lion Tamer" (1891); "The Little Corporal" (1898); "The Little Father of the Wilderness" (1905); 'and 'The Bachelor's Baby" (1909), which he also wrote.