 But in 1965, he returned in a major Broadway production, when he appeared as The Padre in the original stage version of "Man of La Mancha", a role he reprised in the 1972 revival at the Vivian Beaumont Theater.During the last years of his life, Rounseville attended meetings of the NYC founding chapter of "The Sons of the Desert", where he performed for the club's members and enjoyed watching the film comedies of Laurel & Hardy.He was a lifelong friend of Florence Louise Pettitt, an opera conductor from his home town in Massachusetts.