 During his military service, Henry was played by Norman Tokar (one of the show's writers, and the eventual lead director for television's "Leave It to Beaver", a show influenced to some degree by "The Aldrich Family"), Dickie Jones (1943–44), and Raymond Ives (1944–45).Stone then returned to the role after the war and stayed until 1952, when Bobby Ellis took the role for the show's final radio season.When his acting life with "The Aldrich Family" ended, Stone turned primarily to directing on stage and in television---ironically, his first television directing assignment was the television version of "The Aldrich Family" in 1952.