Other works

(1973) Unsold pilot: Starred in a sitcom pilot for ABC called "The Boomtown Band and Cattle Company." The plot concerned a former slave in the wild West who "adopts" three vagabond children and forms them into be traveling troupe of minstrels.

(1955 - 1960) Active on Broadway in the following productions:

(1955) Stage Play: Seventh Heaven. Musical. Music by Victor Young. Lyrics by Stella Unger. Book by Victor Wolfson and Stella Unger. Based on the play by Austin Strong. Musical Director: Max Meth. Music orchestrated by David Terry. Choral direction by Crane Calder. Choreographed by Peter Gennaro. Directed by John C. Wilson. ANTA Playhouse: 26 May 1955- 2 Jul 1955 (44 performances). Understudies: Winifred Ainslee (as "Mme. Suze"), Lee Becker (as "Fifi"), Walter Brandin (as "Father Chevillon/Gobin"), David Collyer (as "Boule"), Philip Cook (Inspector), Bonnie Evans (as "Collette"), Joe Flynn (as "Fleegle, The Rat"), Leo Kayworth (as "Vulmir"), Scott Merrill (as "Chico"), Gerrianne Raphael (as "Diane") and Helena Seroy (as "Camille"). Produced by Gant Gaither and William Bacher.

(1960) Stage Play: The Cool World. Written by Warren Miller and Robert Rossen. Based on the novel by Warren Miller. Directed by Robert Rossen [final Broadway credit]. Eugene O'Neill Theatre: 22 Feb 1960- 23 Feb 1960 (2 performances). Cast: Art Aveilhe (as "Lucky"), Ethel Ayler (as "Woman at the Beach"), Don Blakely (as "Savage"), Roscoe Lee Browne (as "Royal Baron"), Marvin Felix Camillo (as "Bebop"), Alice Childress (as "Mrs. Thurston"), Herb Coleman (as "Saint"), David Downing (as "Boy"), Clebert Ford (as "Foxy"), George Gatlin (as "Cowboy"), Maxwell Glanville (as "Pusher"), Martin Golar (as "Rod"), Lynn Hamilton (as "Mrs. Custis"), Philip Hepburn (as "Mau Mau"), James Earl Jones (as "Harrison Thurston"), Calvin Lockhart (as "Blood"), Eulabelle Moore (as "Gramma Custis"), Jim Oyster (as "Old Man/First Policeman"), Raymond St. Jacques [credited as Ray Saint Jacques] (as "Priest") [final Broadway role], Wardell Saunders (as "Father Christmas"), Harold Scott (as "Chester"), P. Jay Sidney (as "Hurst"), Hilda Simms Miss Dewpont"), Cheyenne Sorocki (as "Cherokee"), Melvin Stewart (as "Hermit"), Cicely Tyson (as "Girl"), Lamont Washington (as "Little Man"), Alease Whittington (as "Lu Ann"), Billy Dee Williams (as "Duke Custis"), Duke Williams (as "Second Policeman"). Produced by Lester Osterman Jr.